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An EnLightning Seaside Story

2013 Reader Submission
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Guarujá is a seaside town in the Brazilian state of São Paulo that is flooded with tourists every weekend or holiday, mostly people coming from the big metropolis up in the plateau, and its neighbouring towns.

Rosangela Biavati was one of such people, who went to Guarujá Beach on a weekend hoping to have lots of seaside fun with her friends. The bad weather forecast notwithstanding.

She came to the beach with a group or friends, on a white Mitsubishi pick-up truck (a car that is quite expensive in Brazil). They ignored the fact that the sky was almost black with heavy rainclouds, the beach was mostly empty and most sane people were running afraid from the sea, looking for shelter. They just saw an opportunity to park the truck on the sandstrip, quite close to the ebbing water -- which is forbidden by local laws.

Once they did it, Rosangela eagerly left the truck, wearing only a bikini, and entered the sea. Almost instantly after she reached waist-level water, a lightning struck her, killing her instantly. Her friends rescued her body and tried to reanimate it, with cardiac massage. Failing it, they were helped by the local firemen, who kept her under massage and took her to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Everything was registered on film by a frightened photojournalist, Rogério Soares, which was shoting instances of people disrespecting safety procedures on the beach for a news story the local paper would run.

According to Soares, there were other small groups of people defying the impending storm, but her group stood out because of ther outrageous parking of the car onto the sand and because there were some (other people's) children around it.

Links:

http://www.atribuna.com.br/cidades/turista-de-ribeir%C3%A3o-pires-morre-ap%C3%B3s-ser-atingida-por-raio-1.360533

http://g1.globo.com/sp/santos-regiao/noticia/2014/01/turista-morre-apos-ignorar-aviso-de-bombeiros-e-ser-atingida-por-raio.html

There's even a video of it:

http://noticias.r7.com/videos/turista-morre-atingida-por-raio-em-praia-do-guaruja-sp-/idmedia/52d521e00cf2e1de56b0bb31.html

Submitted on 01/14/2014

Submitted by: José Geraldo Gouvêa
Reference: www.atribuna.com.br - january 14, 2014

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Candi said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
Sorry, Jose, but the lightning was a crazy accident with impeccable timing. A shame; this was really building up to be a Darwin if it'd gone differently. Thanks anyway, and submit again!


Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
As Candi said. Lighting is extremely unpredictable.


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