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Lightning Strike  

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7/30/2016 3:32 pm
Lightning Strike

On July 9th 2016 I experienced something I hope to never witness again! I was standing at front door of my brothers house just watching it rain from inside. There was a peaceful patter on the porch with the sweet aroma of the cool breeze as the wind carried in the promise of the welcome moisture into the house, I have always loved the smell of the coming rain so familiar to the memories of my youth. Suddenly without any warning, came a bolt of lightning striking an ancient conifer in a neighbors yard approximately a hundred yards away to east of me! I felt the force of the strike directly to my chest causing me to be jolted backward and stunned! At first I thought I had been actually struck by the power of the awesome force of nature but quickly regained my balance and soundness of mind to get away from the door! How many times growing up had I been instructed NOT to stand in the open doorway during a thunder storm?? Wow!!! I have a chronic condition called atrial fibrillation and actually wondered if that jolt had cardioverted my heart if not permanently at least temporarily? I later discovered the strike had hit the ground first on the other side of the tree<b> traveled </font></b>through the ground to the base of the tree climbed the farside of the trunk and over the yoke of the trunk and down the side of the tree I was facing blowing off the bark fifty feet toward me as it coursed in my direction! What I had felt quite literally was the amperage of the strike hitting me directly in the chest Not the voltage, what do you think????

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