If you went through that storm ( as I did) you might recognize that the sudden onset and extreme severity of the lightning would have made walking a block to shelter seem very dangerous esp to elderly people
It rained then hailed so hard I expected a tornado, but never came
Sometimes you just make the wrong choices
Or it was just your time
Like I said, there is the bank just steps away from Lafayette Park, as I’m sure you are well aware of. I used to work at Interstate Federal Savings and Loan Association located @ 15th & N Y Ave NW D.C. 2 blocks east of the White House, next to the Treasury Bldg.