[Philmont] Lightning Injures Campers at Baldy

More info on the lighting strike

 <http://www.charlotteobserver.com/nation/story/217204.html> Boy Scouts
injured by lightning strike
The Charlotte Observer Mon, 30 Jul 2007 9:50 AM PDT
Lightning struck a New Mexico mountaintop, injuring a group of Boy Scouts as
they were hiking back down from the summit. None of the nine boys or two
adults with them on Baldy Mountain was seriously injured, though one was
later airlifted to a Santa Fe hospital for treatment. "They have some
tingling," said Marcal Young, Scout executive director of the Caddo Area
Council, which includes eight ...

 <http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0707/443447.html> Boy Scouts Injured in
New Mexico Lightning Strike
KATV Little Rock Mon, 30 Jul 2007 8:46 AM PDT
Cimarron, NM (AP) - Officials say 11 boy scouts hiking up a New Mexico
mountain were injured in a dry lightning strike Sunday. Marcal Young, scout
executive director for the Caddo Area Council, say six of the boys come from
the Arkansas and Texas scouting group based in Texarkana.

 <http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=6860201> Lightning Hits Illinois
Boy Scouts
WHBF-TV Quad Cities Mon, 30 Jul 2007 1:04 PM PDT
CIMARRON, N.M. (AP) _ Lightning struck nine Boy Scouts and two adults --
including four Illinoisans -- who were hiking on a 12-thousand-foot mountain
at the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.

 <http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2007/07/30/ap-state-ar/d8qn0lg00.txt>
Lightning strikes Boy Scouts in N.M.; none seriously hurt
Pine Bluff Commercial Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:50 AM PDT
CIMARRON, N.M. - Nine Boy Scouts and two adults avoided serious injury after
being struck by lightning as they were hiking on a 12,441-foot mountain at
the Philmont Scout Ranch in northeastern New Mexico.

 <http://www.wfmj.com/Global/story.asp?S=6860214> Lightning injures group of
Boy Scouts hiking in N.M. mountain
WFMJ Youngstown Mon, 30 Jul 2007 1:09 PM PDT
CIMARRON, N.M. (AP) - Someone from Mountoursville (Pennsylvania) is among
eleven people injured from lightning at a Boy Scout hike in New Mexico.

 
<http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=f08bfa30-6072-4500-bb
84-b9557e611f72&rss=315> Texarkana Scouts Struck by Lightning
FOX 16 Little Rock Mon, 30 Jul 2007 9:52 AM PDT
A Boy Scout troop, including 6 scouts from the Texarkana area, avoided
serious injury after being struck by lightning as they were hiking on a
12,441-foot mountain at the Philmont...

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