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Almost got blasted by a lightning bolt!!!

Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Not talking about Zeus either.

I was pretty close to being on the business end of a lightning bolt. I work in Massachusetts and we just had a helluva storm role through these parts. I'm the IT nerd of my families company and I had already shut down my computer for the day and was about to leave. My mother (my boss) told me to stick around because there was a nasty storm coming. I figured I'd stay around to make sure the computers were OK before I left.

Enter the storm.

I went out to our warehouse and was watching the storm from the front loading door. I was about 10 feet away from the door and then all of a sudden...BBBBAAAAAMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! Holy fucking shit. It was the loudest sound I've ever heard in my life. I got a shock from the whole thing and my arm and hand had that shock, tingle feeling for about 10 minutes.

One of the guys that works in the warehouse said he saw a big flash of light and I was standing pretty close to it.

Holy fucking shit.

The weird part is that I just up my Life Insurance policy yesterday. I guess that's just God's way of throwing me a little chin music so to speak.

It's all good though, I just won't be admiring any lightning storms anytime soon.
I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
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  • pink1969pink1969 Posts: 245
    caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let it go.....
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  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    Your very lucky, but . . . I bet you feel very alive right now.
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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    damn..that must of been scary and surreal...

    we are getting that weather here now...i saw a big effin bolt outside my window earlier.
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  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    pink1969 wrote:
    caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let it go.....

    Yeah, I almost caught it between the eyes.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • pink1969pink1969 Posts: 245
    glad you're ok. didn't mean anything by the comment.
    Shine on all you crazy diamonds!!!!
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  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    pink1969 wrote:
    glad you're ok. didn't mean anything by the comment.

    No harm, no foul. I got a good laugh out of it.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    :eek:
    holy cow!
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  • pink1969pink1969 Posts: 245
    Stone Is God wrote:
    No harm, no foul. I got a good laugh out of it.

    cool.
    Shine on all you crazy diamonds!!!!
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  • pouch15pouch15 Posts: 436
    Wow, I've never heard of someone being so close to a lightning bolt!!! you are so lucky
  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    pouch15 wrote:
    Wow, I've never heard of someone being so close to a lightning bolt!!! you are so lucky

    I counting my blessings.

    Now that I'm a few hours out from it all I can think of is "Doc" Emmitt Brown yelling about 1.21 jigawatts of electricity.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • crowpoint01crowpoint01 Posts: 209
    'The weird part is that I just up my Life Insurance policy yesterday. I guess that's just God's way of throwing me a little chin music so to speak.'

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  • BetterThanYouBetterThanYou Posts: 853
    did you hear any electricity in the air? my ex stepfather and i were outside years ago when a storm moved in pretty quickly and a bolt went right over our heads. we both heard it crackling. i turned to ask him if he heard it and he was already halfway to the house, running as fast as he could.
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  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Stone Is God wrote:
    Not talking about Zeus either.

    I was pretty close to being on the business end of a lightning bolt. I work in Massachusetts and we just had a helluva storm role through these parts. I'm the IT nerd of my families company and I had already shut down my computer for the day and was about to leave. My mother (my boss) told me to stick around because there was a nasty storm coming. I figured I'd stay around to make sure the computers were OK before I left.

    Enter the storm.

    I went out to our warehouse and was watching the storm from the front loading door. I was about 10 feet away from the door and then all of a sudden...BBBBAAAAAMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! Holy fucking shit. It was the loudest sound I've ever heard in my life. I got a shock from the whole thing and my arm and hand had that shock, tingle feeling for about 10 minutes.

    One of the guys that works in the warehouse said he saw a big flash of light and I was standing pretty close to it.

    Holy fucking shit.

    The weird part is that I just up my Life Insurance policy yesterday. I guess that's just God's way of throwing me a little chin music so to speak.

    It's all good though, I just won't be admiring any lightning storms anytime soon.


    that would have been pretty cool though ...no offense lol
  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    If you feel tingling maybe you'll have super powers!

    When i was young i was terrified by thunderstorms. It stormed for a bit one morning and I hid under the covers until I didn't hear a bolt for half an hour. Then as soon as I stood up a bolt hit our front yard and it scared the hell out of me.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,443
    Stone Is God wrote:
    My mother (my boss) told me to stick around because there was a nasty storm coming.

    Holy fucking shit.

    Does your mother know you use language like that??? :eek:
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  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    imalive wrote:
    Does your mother know you use language like that??? :eek:

    Yep, she does. :)
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    Stone Is God wrote:
    Not talking about Zeus either.

    I was pretty close to being on the business end of a lightning bolt. I work in Massachusetts and we just had a helluva storm role through these parts. I'm the IT nerd of my families company and I had already shut down my computer for the day and was about to leave. My mother (my boss) told me to stick around because there was a nasty storm coming. I figured I'd stay around to make sure the computers were OK before I left.

    Enter the storm.

    I went out to our warehouse and was watching the storm from the front loading door. I was about 10 feet away from the door and then all of a sudden...BBBBAAAAAMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! Holy fucking shit. It was the loudest sound I've ever heard in my life. I got a shock from the whole thing and my arm and hand had that shock, tingle feeling for about 10 minutes.

    One of the guys that works in the warehouse said he saw a big flash of light and I was standing pretty close to it.

    Holy fucking shit.

    The weird part is that I just up my Life Insurance policy yesterday. I guess that's just God's way of throwing me a little chin music so to speak.

    It's all good though, I just won't be admiring any lightning storms anytime soon.

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  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    missed it by that much.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    I had to shut down my computer because of a lightening storm last night and what a storm we had. Beautiful day today though.

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