European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July stars and stripes Page 13 not music to your ears by Linda Johnson the associated press listen to an ipod during a storm and you May get More than electrifying a Canadian Jogger suffered Wishbone shaped Chest and neck ruptured eardrums and a broken jaw when lightning trav eled through his music players last a Colorado teen ended up with similar injuries when lightning struck nearby As he was listening to his ipod while mowing the emergency physicians report treating other patients with Burns from Freak accidents while using personal electronic devices such As Walkman players and Laptop computers outdoors during Michael a former Stock broker from West who survived being struck by lightning while has tracked 13 cases since 2004 of peo ple hit while talking on cell they Are described on his web contrary to some Urban legends and Media electronic de vices dont attract lightning the Way a tall tree or a lightning Rod its going to hit where its going to but once it contacts the Metal conducts the electric Helen the Denver above Jason Bunch recovers from injuries on july in Castle after lightning struck nearby As he was listening to his ipod while mowing the right Bunch holds his lightning burned shoe in Castle Rock on said Mary Ann Cooper of the american College of emergency physicians and an emergency room doctor at University of Illi Nois medical Center at when lightning jumps from a nearby object to a it often flashes Over the but Metal in electronic devices or Metal jew Elry or coins in a pocket can cause Contact bums and exacerbate the a spokeswoman for Apple the maker of declined to packaging for ipod and some other music players do include warnings against using them in the Jason said it want even raining last but there was a storm off in the lightning struck a nearby shot off and hit who was listening to Metallica while mowing the grass at his Home in Castle still has mild hearing damage in both despite two reconstructive surgeries to repair ruptured he had Burns from the earphone wires on the sides of his enter online at Send us a photo of yourself Reading stars and stripes for a Chance to win Cool prizes stars stripes your Hometown newspaper de a Nasty Burn on his hip where the ipod had been in a pocket and a bad line up the Side of my even though the ipod Cord was outside his it was a real Miracle he sur his Kelly the Canadian Jogger suffered worse according to a re port in thursdays new England journal of the a 39yearold dentist from the Vancouver was listening to an ipod while jogging in danger zone the danger personal elec tronic devices such As ipod and other music players with earphones can exacerbate the injury caused by a lightning eardrum ruptures and Burns Are the most common in the myth cell phones and ipod actually attract Light not according to lightning safety experts and the Federal the advice dont use the de vices if a storm threatens and get inside a building or lightning can strike suddenly from 10 Miles away or the associated press a thunderstorm according to lightning hit a tree a couple of feet away and jumped to his the strike threw the Man about eight feet and caused second degree Burns on his Chest and left the electric current left red Burn lines running from where the ipod had been strapped to his Chest up the sides of his it ruptured both ear dislocated tiny ear Bones that transmit sound and broke the mans jaw in four said Eric an imaging specialist at Vancouver general would be robber asks for stays for wine and a hug the Washington Post Washington a grand feast of marinated steaks and jumbo shrimp was winding and a group of friends was sitting on the Back Patio of a Capitol Hill sipping red a hooded Man Slid in through an open Gate and put the barrel of a handgun to the head of a 14yearold give me your or ill Start he according to police and witness the five other including the girls froze and then one we were just finishing Din Cristina Cha Cha blurted Why dont you have a Glass of wine with us the intruder took a sip of their chateau Malescot St Exupero and that Good the girls Michael Rab who described the har rowing evening in an told the intruder to take the whole Rowan offered him the the would be his Hood now took another sip and had a bite of Camembert cheese that was on the then he tucked the gun into the pocket of his Nylon i think i May have come to the wrong he looking around the in he told the can i get a hug who lives in Falls and works part time at her childrens stood up and wrapped her arms around then it was Rabdau then his the other two guests that really Good the Man taking another he had a final request can we have a group hug the five adults surrounded arms with the Man walked out with a Crystal wine Glass in filled with chateau no one was and nothing was Sto the Xavier had gone out to walk his dog at the end of the party and missed the which happened about Midnight june police classified the Case As strange but True and said they had not located a we believe it is a True Rob said Diane who is in charge of patrols in the Capitol Hill in the Alley behind the investigators found the intruders empty Crystal wine Glass on the