Lots of photos in article.
I was just mowing my yard (in central KY) and my wife made me come in because there was lightning striking all around us. We live on a knob surrounded by six acres of grass and four of trees.
Then I open up the internet to see this thread...
When I was 8 me and my dad were standing in our barn when he was struck by lightning. I was thrown across the barn but my dad was killed. He had polio so he always wore a metal brace on his leg.
my best friend in high school was struck by lightning - hiking on a mountain at philmont scout camp - she never was the same after.
less than 2 years ago, the daughter of a friend was sitting & talking to her son when lightning went SIDEWAYS thru her apt. they got out just in time with the dog.
That’s as close to a lightning strike as I ever want to be!