Lightning Strikes Couple in Iron Bed
Posted on: Monday, 28 July 2003, 06:00 CDT
Trying to sleep through a storm wasn't easy for a Norwegian couple, especially since their cast-iron double bed took a direct hit from a lightning bolt that lit up the bedroom.
Idar Roenningen and companion Charlotte Amundsen, both 28, were kept awake by thunder late Friday night at their country home outside Porsgrunn, 60 miles southwest of the capital, Oslo. So, Roenningen unplugged some appliances.
Shortly after returning to bed, the room flared "like 10 welder's torches" and then everything went dark, Roenningen said.
Smoke from charred electrical sockets traced through the room.
Pillows apparently insulated the couple from the iron bed frame. They were not injured, but they chose to spend the rest of the night on the sofa.
"I think I'm more afraid of lightning now than I'll ever be," Roenningen told The Associated Press.
Their 5-year-old son, Jonathan, normally liked to sneak into bed with the couple, but he was away for a holiday break.
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