Lightning struck school 7 children dead!

**smoky** · 25th May 2007, 23:42

Found this in the newspaper today;

“May 24 (Reuters) - Lightning struck a school in southwest Hamilton killing seven children and injuring 40 pupils and teachers. The accident happened during a rain storm.
All the injured, including two teachers, were taken to hospital where five were in serious condition,”

Actually you should exchange Hamilton for BEIJING China. But It still happened, they were someone’s children.

This event only made it into a couple of NZ papers, an artical about 3 inches by 2 inches in size. While all the mainstream papers had a huge picture of the foreign minister of Australia visiting George Bush !!!!!
I can’t believe our media is that sick it rates the death of all those children as uninteresting to the general public, thinking we’d be more interested in Australian USA boring shyte.
The rest of the small article was even worse; telling about five other children who were found dead beneath a mango tree in Cameroon following a lightning strike. They were killed by a lightning bolt while gathering firewood in a forest in north-eastern Cameroon.
The children, aged between 10 and 12 years old, went to forage for fuel in the outskirts of Ngaoundere, the capital of Adamawa province, during a storm on Sunday. They were found the next day in the morning by a shepherd.

How horrid – can you imagine the pain of the families in that village.

I wonder who owns our media now days, and why they are so keen to promote America over and above real news?

**Big Dan** · 25th May 2007, 23:47

Originally Posted by smoky

Found this in the newspaper today;

“May 24 (Reuters) - Lightning struck a school in southwest Hamilton killing seven children and injuring 40 pupils and teachers. The accident happened during a rain storm.
All the injured, including two teachers, were taken to hospital where five were in serious condition,”

Actually you should exchange Hamilton for BEIJING China. But It still happened, they were someone’s children.

This event only made it into a couple of NZ papers, an artical about 3 inches by 2 inches in size. While all the mainstream papers had a huge picture of the foreign minister of Australia visiting George Bush !!!!!
I can’t believe our media is that sick it rates the death of all those children as uninteresting to the general public, thinking we’d be more interested in Australian USA boring shyte.
The rest of the small article was even worse; telling about five other children who were found dead beneath a mango tree in Cameroon following a lightning strike. They were killed by a lightning bolt while gathering firewood in a forest in north-eastern Cameroon.
The children, aged between 10 and 12 years old, went to forage for fuel in the outskirts of Ngaoundere, the capital of Adamawa province, during a storm on Sunday. They were found the next day in the morning by a shepherd.

How horrid – can you imagine the pain of the families in that village.

I wonder who owns our media now days, and why they are so keen to promote America over and above real news?

please dont be stupid and reporting wrong stuff i have friends and family in Hamilton as most of us here in KB and reading the thread title got me worried so please can i request you change this to avoid un-warrented worry for others

Thanks
Dan

**skidMark** · 25th May 2007, 23:52

yeah shit had me worried i have neices n nephews that age there.

**Mr. Peanut** · 25th May 2007, 23:54

Oh it's just a few Chinese people. You had me worried there!

**smoky** · 25th May 2007, 23:56

Originally Posted by Big Dan

please dont be stupid and reporting wrong stuff i have friends and family in Hamilton as most of us here in KB and reading the thread title got me worried so please can i request you change this to avoid un-warrented worry for others

You don't think there maybe a Hamilton in SW England, South Africa, Canada ! It doesn't say Hamilton NZ.
And its not raining

the point is; would you've looked at it if I put China? The post was to provoke us to think about how we react to head lines, and why news papers do what they do - Children dying in China don't sell news papers.

Sorry if I upset you.

**Big Dan** · 26th May 2007, 00:00

Originally Posted by smoky

You don't think there maybe a Hamilton in SW England, South Africa, Canada ! It doesn't say Hamilton NZ.
And its not raining

the point is; would you've looked at it if I put China? The post was to provoke us to think about how we react to head lines, and why news papers do what they do - Children dying in China don't sell news papers.

Sorry if I upset you.

did you stop and think what others might think and you don't need rain to make lighting

Put yourself in a perents place that they are out of town and someone is looking after their children and they jumped on KB to read this i have no problem in thought provoking headlines but not at the expense of worrying others like this and you can see i'm not the only one that thinks this

**smoky** · 26th May 2007, 00:17

Originally Posted by Big Dan

did you stop and think what others might think and you don't need rain to make lighting

Put yourself in a perents place that they are out of town and someone is looking after their children and they jumped on KB to read this i have no problem in thought provoking headlines but not at the expense of worrying others like this and you can see i'm not the only one that thinks this

?? Yea right - mum and dad finally get a break from the kids, go out on the town, I don't think they'll be wasting time 'jumping on KB'.

Stay real man - I've taken hamilton out of the Title as I'm not out to upset anyone - just provoke thought.

**Big Dan** · 26th May 2007, 00:21

Originally Posted by smoky

?? Yea right - mum and dad finally get a break from the kids, go out on the town, I don't think they'll be wasting time 'jumping on KB'.

Stay real man - I've taken hamilton out of the Title as I'm not out to upset anyone - just provoke thought.

Thank you smoky

**Patrick** · 26th May 2007, 20:15

Originally Posted by smoky

The post was to provoke us to think about how we react to head lines,

Yep.. and going by the reactions on here, it still works...

Just like so many "headlines" of late...

**doc** · 26th May 2007, 20:18

Originally Posted by smoky

Found this in the newspaper today;

“May 24 (Reuters) - Lightning struck a school in southwest Hamilton killing seven children and injuring 40 pupils and teachers. The accident happened during a rain storm.
All the injured, including two teachers, were taken to hospital where five were in serious condition,”

Actually you should exchange Hamilton for BEIJING China. But It still happened, they were someone’s children.

This event only made it into a couple of NZ papers, an artical about 3 inches by 2 inches in size. While all the mainstream papers had a huge picture of the foreign minister of Australia visiting George Bush !!!!!
I can’t believe our media is that sick it rates the death of all those children as uninteresting to the general public, thinking we’d be more interested in Australian USA boring shyte.
The rest of the small article was even worse; telling about five other children who were found dead beneath a mango tree in Cameroon following a lightning strike. They were killed by a lightning bolt while gathering firewood in a forest in north-eastern Cameroon.
The children, aged between 10 and 12 years old, went to forage for fuel in the outskirts of Ngaoundere, the capital of Adamawa province, during a storm on Sunday. They were found the next day in the morning by a shepherd.

How horrid – can you imagine the pain of the families in that village.

I wonder vho owns our media now days, and why they are so keen to promote America over and above real news?

Too be honest, it probably didn't make any bigger headline in China.

**98tls** · 26th May 2007, 20:25

To be honest between the never ending articles on boy racers and reading about another slice of New Zealand being given back to those that were apparently here before time began so therefore validating there right to it ive not had the time to shed a tear over that lot...................