First, a “responsible” alert from this website:

There… now onto the news. A 14-year old Miss Zhang, whom you could hardly tell got hit by a T-storm (see the pic below, taken from the Nanjing evening paper Yangtse Evening News), did indeed get hit by a T-storm on August 5, 2010. This cut very deep into an otherwise incident-free trip, with both mom and daughter just back from Shanghai en route to Chongqing.

Her being struck by lightening made headline news on the August 11, 2010 Yangtse Evening News. (Due to the “efficiency” of China Post, your tech blogger only got this in hardcopy form today.)

When Miss Zhang, otherwise known as Xiao Pu, woke not long after she got rushed to the hospital following the incident, she had no idea why she was there — as in her being in the hospital. This T-storm had her lose track of what happened (especially as thunder struck), and she’s still struggling with vertigo and still speaks less than before. It took her two days before she could eat anything, and another three days before she could be helped back onto her feet, even with her feeling dizzy.

When thunder strikes people, the first that happens is that the heart stops beating — boom — just like that. If the victim doesn’t die an instant death (or doesn’t get medical help soon), he or she goes instantly into “limb mode” (like our Xiao Pu here). Needless to say, her earphones were totally, totally wrecked, especially the bits in her ears.

Once again, a big reminder in ALL CAPS RED TYPE: