Auntie Cipation
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I think OP was referring to it as "their neighborhood" in the sense that the elevation/oxygen and heat wave were within their acclimatization.I am a regular hiker. Except for people who are casual park users who don’t hike but unwittingly decide to try a trail, the trails around me are usually empty of regular hikers during the peak heat times of day. By around 11:00 am there are usually no hikers going up hills unless there’s shade.
These people started their hike at around 8:00 am. If they did the whole loop wouldn’t they have been done before any storm cells hit them? Unless they spent several hours at the river, which, as someone pointed out, is not typical of what the husband recorded on Alltrails?
I disagree that this was a hike in their neighborhood. They had to drive to it and the loop does not appear surrounded by homes. Correct me if I’m wrong. It’s described as a “remote trail”.
Which I agree with, except to say that this summer's heat has been IMO more extreme than usual (we'll be redefining the very concept of 'usual' soon IMO but I digress).
So in the type of acclimatizing that only takes a few days or a week, yes they would have been acclimatized, but in a longer term sense, no. My area had a full month of over 100* days this summer, but I only felt more and more drained by it, not acclimatized in any way that restored my energy level. MOO
I don't know the answer to this, especially while still being the category of lightning that leaves no marks or evidence on the body, but it seems like that would have at least left her with bruises the autopsy would have seen. MOOIf they did get hit by lightning, could the mom have been thrown by the force?