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Weather Watchers

luvs2sing

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5. I was standing in my kitchen during a thunderstorm.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 06:09 PM

Oct 2021

The window was open. There was a bright flash with simultaneous thunder, and it knocked me back against the refrigerator. It didn’t hit the house, and I never was able to determine where it hit, but it knocked me off my feet. My heart rhythm was weird for a couple hours, and I felt strange for a few days. Hubster was at the store, and I texted him and told him I needed him to come home immediately because I thought I’d been struck by lightning.

Weirdest damn thing..

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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