I was standing about 30 feet from a guy on the tarmac at MacDill AFB in the 1970s. Lightning bolt made a direct hit on him and killed him. About blew my eardrums out but otherwise no other injuries.
Eardrums ... call Morgan and Morgan they’ll get you all sorts of disability, blah blah balh
I was in South Carolina in the spring and was taking a bag of trash out to a dumpster in an apartment complex. I felt like ants were crawling all over my body and a second later, KABOOOM! The lightning hit the dumpster which was a few car lengths away. If i feel that again in the future I will just acknowledge God with a prayer thought. Just for Insurance.
So how’s your hearing now? BTW, when I left this scene to go back home I was verrrrrry nervous about getting hit by lightning.
About 15 years ago, two of my kids and I got off the train in Florence, Italy in a huge downpour. We were walking through the streets to our hotel when BOOM! lightning hit building across the street. The brightness of the flash and the sound of the thunder were absolutely staggering and scared us to death. Fortunately, no one was hurt.