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Laffy Kat

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5. Not just DURING a lightening storm.

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:46 PM

Jul 2020

I came close to being struck quite a few miles away from a storm about a month ago. The actual storm was southwest of me,while I was walking to my car after work. It was barely sprinkling and there was a lovely rainbow. As I was exiting the building the security guard offered me an umbrella which I declined because the rain was so light. That decision may have saved my life. Halfway to my car I suddenly felt a static charge and the bolt hit a few hundred feet to my west. The thunderclap was simultaneous and deafening.

Be careful out there.

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Don't stand outside in a lightning storm! [View all] SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 OP

Yeah, they were pretty good storms Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #1

In the city, we had at least 4 major waves of very heavy rain, and I mean very heavy. SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #2

All good here Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #4

Sounds really nice (the hummingbirds), I'm in the south side of the city, Dutchtown. It was SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #6

Stay safe Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #7

Unless you're Donald Trump Blue Owl Jul 2020 #3

Not just DURING a lightening storm. Laffy Kat Jul 2020 #5