Subtle details like this can help others avoid a similar fate. I will sit on an outside porch, stay dry and don’t expect to be hit.
It is not that uncommon for people to get hit by lightning in Florida in clear skies.
Earlier this year a guy in my town got struck while he was mowing his lawn. Not exactly something you normally do in the rain....fortunately he survived as well.
“”Subtle details like this can help others avoid a similar fate. I will sit on an outside porch, stay dry and don’t expect to be hit.””
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I don’t even do that any more. I go inside. Why? Because the last time I sat on a porch during a storm was when I was about nine, sitting there on a nice, covered and screened in side porch... enjoying the sounds and effects of the storm safely.
Until.... lightning struck a transformer right beside the house. It felt like it was only 2-3 feet away from me. I quite literally defied gravity along with the cat in my lap, as we both went “up in the air” a foot or two...lol. Haven’t done porch sitting in a storm since.
From the article: "...had just dropped their kids off at church and were walking along the West Orange Trail..."
Maybe the detail is they wouldn't have been struck by lighting if they were in church with their kids. LOL
My mother told us of a woman who was struck by lightning thru an open window she was sitting by. She didn’t die, but went all to pieces every time there was a thunderstorm.