As someone who was struck by lightning in 1989, I was fortunate enough to only be slammed into a wall and knocked semi-conscious for maybe a minute, and to only have nasty burns and a numb sensation on my left arm from hand to shoulder-I was even able to drive my Suburban to the nearby doc-in-the-box to get the burns treated-I can tell you the guy in Cali was lucky beyond belief. I do not ever want to repeat that experience, either...
Sounds like someone explaining what bad Mexican food did to him.