A recent article syndicated by the Associated Press describes how mixing iPods and storms is a bad thing.
Listen to an iPod during a storm, and you may get more than electrifying tunes.
A Canadian jogger suffered wishbone-shaped chest and neck burns, ruptured eardrums and a broken jaw when lightning traveled through his music player’s wires.
Okay, during the article they mention how it can be any music player or even a pager, walkman or laptop which can cause additional injury. The fact remains however that there’s mileage in targetting the iPod simply because it gets headlines. And it’s not just limited to electronic devices – anything metallic – coins, jewelry – on your person is going to conduct the electricity.
Being struck by lightning and surviving is frankly amazing. Blaming a few burns on your iPod seems trite.