Lightning (or, as we pronounced it, "Lightnin'") preferred some oats with his water (trough). ;')
Okay, two can play...that atmospheric phenomena the Aussies call 'sheet lightning' was something I observed many times whilst riding my horse, droving, behind a herd of Hereford cattle. Obviously, (as far as I know) the horse and the Herefords are somehow connected to what I observed...