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Offline oldcoastie6468

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Lightning breaks finger off Rio’s Christ statue
« on: January 19, 2014, 11:32:54 PM »
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Lightning breaks finger off Rio’s Christ statue
By News.com.auJanuary 17, 2014 | 6:47pm
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Lightning strikes the right hand of the statue Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 16, 2014.
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Lightning has broken a finger off the right hand of Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.

Father Omar, rector of the shrine that holds the statue, told the Globo radio station that lightning frequently strikes the nearly 100-foot tall statue, a symbol of Rio that overlooks the Brazilian city from the peak of the Corcovado mountain.

Its right hand had been damaged sometime ago, but the finger finally broke off in a storm late Thursday.

“They say lightning does not strike the same spot twice. But with the Christ it does,” the priest said on Friday.

A lightning rod and other equipment are in place “to protect the image,” but they do not always do the trick, he said.

http://nypost.com/2014/01/17/lightning-breaks-finger-off-christ-the-redeemer-statue/
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Re: Lightning breaks finger off Rio’s Christ statue
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2014, 07:09:13 AM »
Hmmm...

Maybe Rio isn't such a great destination anymore...
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Re: Lightning breaks finger off Rio’s Christ statue
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2014, 09:30:57 AM »
They only thing I'd want to go to Rio for is to see that statue and stand up there and look out.
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