Janis, thunderstorms at night are the best sleeping weather….But there is always that one that’s too close and freaks you out….I’ve only been struck by lightning once…That’s plenty…(Top of Mt. Audubon, CO, in ‘71). My advice? Pay attention to the sign that reads "Don’t go beyond this point in inclement weather"…I wish they would have phrased it "Go past this point and lightnin’ gonna getcha!
Thunder does not usually distress me, but I spent a couple of years in Miami, and the booms during the daily Summer afternoon thunderstorms there would wake the dead.
Thunder does not usually distress me, but I spent a couple of years in Miami, and the booms during the daily Summer afternoon thunderstorms there would wake the dead.
Lightning took out a small electrical distribution point about 400 feet from the house. It tripped every breaker and surge protector in the house and still burned out some audio equipment.
Here’s a consoling fact for those people afraid of thunder: You should not ever be afraid of thunder….it cannot harm you. However, you could get killed by the lightning!
You get tired enough, you can sleep through anything. One morning back in ‘72, when my ship was on the Gun Line, I woke up and learned that there’d been a 40 round bombardment. (outbound) I’d slept through the whole thing.
This reminds me of our golf group still playing because the thunder was more than a mile away. Nothing like having an iron rod over your head on the backswing or the follow through!
Varnes over 10 years ago
Janis, thunderstorms at night are the best sleeping weather….But there is always that one that’s too close and freaks you out….I’ve only been struck by lightning once…That’s plenty…(Top of Mt. Audubon, CO, in ‘71). My advice? Pay attention to the sign that reads "Don’t go beyond this point in inclement weather"…I wish they would have phrased it "Go past this point and lightnin’ gonna getcha!
Varnes over 10 years ago
Live and learn I guess…You know, if you live…
bagbalm over 10 years ago
My dad and I had to lay flat on the ground once in a mountain storm. Our hair stood straight off us.
DDrazen over 10 years ago
Thanks to some hearing loss thunder doesn’t register with me the way it used to. But my cat Sandy always slinks off to the basement when it’s stormy.
GR6 over 10 years ago
That which does not kill me…often pisses me off.
jbmlaw01 over 10 years ago
Thunder does not usually distress me, but I spent a couple of years in Miami, and the booms during the daily Summer afternoon thunderstorms there would wake the dead.
jbmlaw01 over 10 years ago
Thunder does not usually distress me, but I spent a couple of years in Miami, and the booms during the daily Summer afternoon thunderstorms there would wake the dead.
LuvThemPluggers over 10 years ago
Our son slept through a S Cal earthquake of 6.something and didn’t have a clue why everybody was running around all excited.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 10 years ago
nobody worries better than Janis
H P Hundt Premium Member over 10 years ago
Lightning took out a small electrical distribution point about 400 feet from the house. It tripped every breaker and surge protector in the house and still burned out some audio equipment.
Jones... over 10 years ago
Here’s a consoling fact for those people afraid of thunder: You should not ever be afraid of thunder….it cannot harm you. However, you could get killed by the lightning!
JoePhan over 10 years ago
You get tired enough, you can sleep through anything. One morning back in ‘72, when my ship was on the Gun Line, I woke up and learned that there’d been a 40 round bombardment. (outbound) I’d slept through the whole thing.
joisy^corncob over 10 years ago
This reminds me of our golf group still playing because the thunder was more than a mile away. Nothing like having an iron rod over your head on the backswing or the follow through!
anymouse77 over 10 years ago
@ Dunestrider: < http://www.nbcnews.com/health/decades-later-hair-raising-photo-still-reminder-lightning-danger-6C10791362 >.