Stadium weather

Football field is a sacred place where passion flies and miracles are created, and it is often dangerous. Bad weather often brings accidental injuries to players, especially lightning strikes. In an ordinary football match, after a flash of lightning flashed, all the visiting team 1 1 people died on the spot, but the home team was unscathed. Did such a tragedy really happen in Africa?

Now let's look at what happened in the Democratic Republic of Congo 23 years ago.

The bizarre death of 1 1 people on the football field.

19981On October 27th, the home team Li Bingran Chadi played against Bazaga in a football match in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It rained cats and dogs during the game, but the referee didn't interrupt the game. When the two teams 1, the outcome is close. Suddenly, a terrible lightning struck the stadium directly. In the rolling thunder, 1 1 people directly fell to the ground and had convulsions.

Then the people on the sidelines rushed to the goal area, only to find that the players died one after another because of injuries. It was finally determined that 1 1 The player died in the incident, and more than 30 people were rushed to the hospital with minor or serious injuries.

After the incident was quickly fermented and reprinted, it caused an uproar. Various versions are also one after another, and the main weirdness is concentrated at 5 o'clock.

1. All the dead were visiting players, and all the people on the field 1 1 were killed.

The cause of death was that the home team quietly hid special screws in their jerseys.

The home team invited local wizards to practice witchcraft, which led to the visiting team's recruitment.

4. At that time, the Democratic Republic of Congo was in a civil war, and behind the lie of lightning strike was the murder of players.

(Figure) The situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo at that time was turbulent.

Some people even say that this incident does not exist at all, because there is no scene map, so it is a story fabricated by the media.

What is the truth?

What information is hidden behind this news?

1. The home team players walked out of the stadium unharmed.

2. At that time, Congolese and domestic rebels were active in the area.

Three days before the lightning strike, a stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa was also struck by lightning, and many people were injured, but no one died.

The British BBC reprinted the news the day after the incident, but there was little new content. Subsequently, the British Guardian and Independent also published this news. At that time, the two reliable media were almost the same as the BBC, and the sources cited were the same.

At the same time, they also said that the Congolese government has not confirmed it. That's understandable. At that time, there were many wars in their country, and no one really had time to respond to this matter.

(Figure) BBC's report on the incident that year.

The Guardian emphasized that the local people admitted that there was a heavy rain on the day of the game. There was indeed lightning and thunder at that time, and I heard that something had happened to a stadium.

Later, the Associated Press also published the matter. It can be seen that this tragedy is not fabricated or made up, but a real tragic event.

In those years, terrible lightning strikes on the football field.

According to statistics, there are 3000 to 4000 casualties caused by lightning and its negative effects every year in China. In the world football, the casualties caused by lightning strike are even more shocking.

1988 65438+1On October 9th, a football match was held in Couyba Square in Sao Paulo, Brazil. After the thunder roared, six people died and two were injured by lightning.

199165438+1On October 20th, Brazilian Piri played Cruzeiro. It was summer in South America, and the weather was changeable. Twenty minutes into the second half, suddenly, dark clouds were gathering, and thunder and lightning struck. Two players were killed by lightning, and the referee and some fans were injured.

1On September 20th, 993, in a sports ground near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, two teams were playing in a thunderstorm. Suddenly, a flash of lightning fell into the stadium and four players died on the spot.

1July, 995 19 Night, Suizhou City, Hubei Province, overcast with heavy rain. 12 men are playing football in a local sports ground. After a thunder, all the kickers were knocked down by lightning, resulting in two people dying on the spot, and six comatose people escaped after being rescued.

In March, 2004, Jiang Tao, a China defender of Singapore Qi Xin team, was killed by lightning at the training ground at the age of 18.

(Photo) China's Jiang Tao was killed by lightning in Singapore.

On June 5438+ 10, 2007, the Colombian Cali athletic team was suddenly struck by lightning during training, resulting in 2 deaths and 3 injuries. Giovanni Cordoba, the team's best player, was badly burned and his internal organs were damaged. He died unfortunately after being rescued in hospital. His teammate Egavery died on the spot.

2001July 14, in a small stadium, west of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso 150 km away, two teams were playing, but they were caught in lightning and heavy rain. Many spectators ran to the tree to take shelter from the rain, and a flash of lightning split, resulting in 1 1 audience death and 5 serious injuries.

20 15, Bolivia domestic league, two teams were struck by lightning, 1 players died, and eight others were injured and sent to hospital.

20 16 September, when Zaborski, a Russian player aged 16, was about to start shooting in daily training, he suddenly appeared a flash of lightning and was hit by black smoke, then he was unconscious and rushed to the hospital. The exposure at the scene is frightening.

(Photo) When Zaborski was struck by lightning, the team doctor said that the metal necklace he was wearing was the fuse afterwards.

20 18 south African league. Renada, a 2 1 year-old player from Maritburg United, was struck by lightning and fell into a coma. He died after two months of rescue.

Mystery: Murder or accident?

Back to the incident itself, the most incredible thing about this lightning strike is why the home team is intact and all the visiting teams are killed.

There is a lot of speculation about this incident.

Statement 1: Before the visiting team players played, the home team players secretly put screws in their jerseys.

Answer: impossible

First of all, even if the home team players expect storms and lightning to strike, they can't accurately calculate the events. If the two sides fight for a corner kick in the restricted area before the lightning comes, won't all 22 people in the audience suffer?

Secondly, everyone on the visiting team was screwed. How could they not know? There are no pockets on the football suit. Where should I put this big screw?

Statement 2: The player is not electrocuted, but died in the war.

Answer: It is basically impossible.

From 1993, Congo (DRC) suffered from war, which was the worst from 1998 to 2003. Six African countries, including Rwanda, were involved, resulting in at least 3.5 million deaths.

However, no one died except the players on the visiting team field, and some locals confirmed that there was no war in the local area before and after the game. Some spectators also proved that there was no accident except thunderstorm during the competition.

Statement 3: Witchcraft.

Answer: Not likely.

In the mysterious African continent, witchcraft has always been believed by many people. For example, before the 2002 World Cup, Nigeria asked wizards to sprinkle pigeon blood in the dressing room, sprinkle "magic" powder on the wound and sprinkle evil spirits on the doorpost of our team, but after losing both wars, they still lost hope of qualifying early.

Before the 20 14 World Cup, a great wizard named Nana in Ghana claimed that he had injured Cristiano Ronaldo, the top Portuguese star in his own country, and boasted that no doctor could cure Cristiano Ronaldo. In the last World Cup, although Ronaldo performed in general, he was rarely affected by injuries afterwards.

After the lightning strike that year, the local people quickly spread that it was "witchcraft." Of course, this possibility is very small. If their witchcraft is so supernatural, why is there a cruel civil war? Wouldn't it be best for the two sides to have a top witchcraft showdown, and it would also avoid innocent casualties.

What is the truth: the step voltage caused by a coincidence?

After the lightning disaster in Congo (DRC), meteorologists also intervened in the investigation and study, and they gave a detailed report, which is reasonable from a scientific point of view.

First of all, football fields are mostly built in flat and empty places, and strong winds are particularly easy to enter the field, prompting flowing air to rub the ground, thus generating a lot of charges. If the clouds also carry a lot of charges during a thunderstorm, they will form an invisible capacitor with the ground at that time, which will double the probability of lightning striking objects on the ground.

The culprit of this lightning strike is probably a phenomenon called "step voltage".

Step voltage refers to the voltage between the feet of people walking in the potential distribution area around the grounding current entry point when the electrical equipment has a grounding fault. In thunderstorm weather, when lightning current passes through grounding device, it will also produce step voltage. At this time, the highest voltage in the center will spread to the outer layer and gradually decrease, showing a concentric pattern, and each layer has different voltages.

After the step voltage occurs, if there is an object in this range at this time, as long as you make a step posture with one foot in front and one foot behind, it will be life-threatening. Because the voltage at the landing position of the two feet is different, the current will flow between the two feet from high to low, forming a step voltage.

(Figure) Step voltage is also related to the distance between people and grounding body (point); The closer a person stands to the grounding body (point), the greater the step voltage; On the contrary, the smaller.

For example, if someone encounters a broken high-voltage line and happens to be in the step voltage area, it is very dangerous even if he does not touch the wire.

It is worth noting that when people are subjected to step voltage, although the current forms a path with the earth along the lower body of people, from feet to legs and crotch, without passing through important organs of the human body, it looks safer. However, when people are subjected to high stride voltage, their feet will cramp and make their bodies fall to the ground. This will not only increase the current acting on the body, but also change the path of the current through the human body, and the current may completely flow through important organs of the human body, such as the head, hands or feet.

In this case, once the current continues to act on the body for 2 seconds after the person falls to the ground, it will be fatal.

So, it is possible that there are many scattered wires on the edge of the dilapidated stadium. After lightning strikes the wires or lighting equipment, it happens that the visiting team players are in the stride voltage area, but the home team is not. At this time, the visiting team players are actively running, and the danger is multiplied, leading to tragedy.

Isn't it a little close to science? In fact, it's hard to explain why the home team is okay. The response of many research institutions is manufacturers: it is not the first time that players on the football field have been struck by lightning, and the visiting team has been killed, but the home team has not been damaged at all. We can't explain this scientifically. Do you want to ask the master?

In this regard, some fans speculated that the home team had buried some special items in the visiting team's half-court in advance, which led to the tragedy. It doesn't seem unreasonable.

Playing football is risky, please remember the lightning protection guide.

Football is a combination of strength and beauty, a fairy tale, a love and a belief. The most important thing for people to gallop on the football field is safety.

20 12 The battle between Ukraine and France in the European Cup was suspended for 55 minutes due to lightning. Jin Shaosun explained from the perspective of rules: Generally, in rainy weather, the game will not be suspended, especially in modern football stadiums. The water seepage system is very good and there will not be too much water, but if there is lightning at that time, the referee will immediately suspend the game because it is dangerous; So wait until the lightning disappears before returning to the venue.

Science has confirmed that the most common lightning strike scene is when the clouds are gathering. In addition, when the clouds are low, there is also the possibility of lightning strike. At this time, lightning often strikes tall buildings, so there will be lightning rods on the roof to attract lightning and prevent the building from being struck by lightning.

If there is bad lightning weather, the stadium is a big building, especially an amateur stadium without stands. At this time, the players standing on the court became lightning rods. Athletes sweat a lot when running, and often get their clothes wet, and water is more conductive, so athletes are more dangerous at this time.

For football lovers, before playing football, the most important thing is not to remind the beloved girl to be present, nor to design a celebration after the goal, nor to remember the flying shovel for the opposite boy, but to carefully check the weather forecast.

Especially in rainy season, thunderstorm and lightning weather, special attention should be paid. First, stay away from empty places and don't bring metal objects, such as wearing metal necklaces, bracelets or decorative anklets.

The most important thing is not to be brave. Sometimes, in addition to lightning, the clouds are too low and dangerous. There is no need to bite the bullet and play football at this time. It is also good to brush your teeth at home!

Life is only once, for your family and for yourself, please cherish it!

(Figure) It is not safe to kiss in the wild or in the wild in lightning weather, so couples should pay special attention.