Man on Honeymoon Dies after being Struck by Lightning on Florida Beach

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Death of 29-year-old considered unusual because the lightning 'came from a storm several miles away'

Posted by retort at 07:06 PM | 9 COMMENTS | permalink

A Colorado man who was on his honeymoon in Florida was killed after being struck by lightning at New Smyrna Beach on Friday in what may have been the state's first lightning fatality this year, the authorities said.

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Jun 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM

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Lightening capitol of the US, FL avgs 7 deaths a year... but that's out of 300 lightening strikes per sq mile each year.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-25 09:21 PM

Stay out of Florida if you want to live

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-25 09:29 PM

He shoulda been carrying his 1 iron.

#3 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-06-25 10:26 PM

Why can't this happen to Trump????

#4 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-06-25 10:28 PM

Why can't this happen to Trump????

He doesn't go anywhere if his "hair" might get wet.

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-25 10:32 PM

Stay out of Florida if you want to live

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-25 09:29 PM | Reply | Flag: bump

#6 | Posted by twinkhunter at 2025-06-25 10:38 PM

Hope he didn't die a virgin.

#7 | Posted by mattm at 2025-06-26 02:12 AM

#7: This is terrible-- he looked like a nice guy. I feel awful for the young widow.

Extreme weather has been killing and injuring Americans this year. In addition to this tragedy, a lightning strike injured a score of people on a Wisconsin lake, a sudden rogue squall capsized a boat on Lake Tahoe, drowning several people, floods killed people in Texas, and a heat wave is currently affecting about 160 million people.

But hey, there's no global warming and Dummkopf Trumpf will be eliminating FEMA. Here's what the US looked like five years ago, which will look worse in the future:

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-06-26 03:37 AM

#8: In New Jersey, the wind was so strong that a lifeguard was hospitalized after being impaled by a loose beach umbrella: www.nbcnews.com

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-06-26 03:44 AM

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