323 Reindeer killed by lightning strike. In Norway.

That's Norway all right for stocking up food like Finland then.

We were taught how to scramble under tables in case of nuclear attack
so nothing governments tell you can be taken seriously

zorrostrikes    30 Aug 16 06:50 
who gets the meat?

Lidl probably

How does a lightning strike kill 323 reindeer?

I've not read anything about this story if the question is thick.

They group together in bad weather.

Still seems a tad unlikely, alpha C.
Unless they were all on top of each other.

I mean trees are quite close together but a strike generally only hits one.

Very sad...it seems such a pity, 70 were young ones

Nature can be very cruel at times

Here are the poor deers 

http://nyti.ms/2c0zm6E

There was a lot of water there...it would have spread the electrical charge from the lightning, at a guess?

Very heavy rain

Scientifically speaking pure water isn't conductive but it depends on what's in it.
Not much water is pure though.
It would still seem a little unlikely to me, ebul.

Put another way and I'm not usually one for conspiracy theories, I wouldn't be surprised if we found the reason was different.

Mass suicide

very high plateau ,close to clouds so very large charge  ,looks like a ridge of rock  is visible ,its been a fairly dry period and reckon the lightening could have flashed down the rock until it found a huge antenna in all those antlers each with four grounding points ,the blood in there arteries acting as the  point of least  resistance .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvfDkSA2AlE

many in this vid have had there heads removed as the Norwegian Gov have an ongoing study into a type of Reindeer mad cow disease and want to test their brains .(they should do the same on here imo )

they were in close contact with one another although several are many yards from another ,massive strike although it dont take much juice  to kill.

I wont argue with that studyform...they were killed though

Boggy pete or marsh grasses - like on moors.
all got their hoofs in the ground?

wammo

was on a rocky mountain side

The plateau is the largest peneplain (eroded plain) in Europe, covering an area of about 6,500 km2 (2,500 sq mi) at an average elevation of 1,100 m (3,500 ft). The highest point on the plateau is at the top of the Hardangerjøkulen glacier, which reaches a height of 1,863 m (6,112 ft).

The landscape of the Hardangervidda is characterised by barren, treeless moorland interrupted by numerous pools, lakes, rivers and streams. There are significant differences between the west side, which is dominated by rocky terrain and expanses of bare rock, and the east side, which is much flatter and more heavily vegetated. The climate also varies between the two sides: it is considerably wetter on the west side than on the east, with over 1,000 mm per year (39 inches) recorded in some parts.[1] The prominent peak of Hårteigen 1,690 m (5,545 ft) is visible across much of the plateau.

Much of the Hardangervidda's geology is extremely ancient. The rolling fells of the Hardangervidda are the remnants of mountains that were worn down by the action of glaciers during the Ice Ages. The bedrock is mainly of Precambrian and Cambro-Silurian origin

geological survey map for further investigation. ?

had a look at the historical  weather data for friday 26t(hourly)and looked at the lightening strike data for same day ....hmm

Hardanger is the best place in Norway for fiddling, in case you did not know.