RIP Luzimara Souza (Fortaleza)

by **billie_morini** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:39 pm

What do statistics tell us about shark bites and lightening strikes?

There's sad international surfing news today. Twenty-three year old, professional female surfer Luzimara Souza passed away in Fortaleza, Brazil. Luzimara was struck by lightening while surfing at Leste-Oeste beach.

Photo credit: https://www.sott.net/article/410003-Lig ... f-champion

Some links to published news stories:
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/brazilia ... e-training
https://www.newsweek.com/luzimara-souza ... il-1378722
https://www.rt.com/sport/454992-brazili ... lightning/

by **surferbee** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:51 pm

Whoa, that's sad but also strangely prophetic considering that "luz" means "light" and "mar" means "sea". RIP