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lastlib

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2. I was maybe a dozen feet from a utility pole that got hit by a bolt..

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 06:48 PM

Oct 2021

Knocked me off my feet, ears are still ringing. Blurred my vision for several hours, my friend had to drive us home. This why I don't play the lottery.

Have also had home electronics fried. At least three modems, a floppy drive (when those were ESSENTIAL!) and pair of memory chips.

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This is why you need to go inside a sturdy building when lightning is within 10 miles of you. [View all] catbyte Oct 2021 OP

We've been hit twice bcool Oct 2021 #1

How terrible! MyOwnPeace Oct 2021 #3

I was maybe a dozen feet from a utility pole that got hit by a bolt.. lastlib Oct 2021 #2

Last week lightening struck Palm trees BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #4

I was standing in my kitchen during a thunderstorm. luvs2sing Oct 2021 #5

I had lightning strike the tree outside the house about 30' bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #6

lightning hit a huge white pine behind the family cottage one year. no fire, but a big mess of pansypoo53219 Oct 2021 #7