On Thu, 19 May 2016 13:54:46 -0500, philo wrote:

Many years the utility pole directly behind my house got a direct
lightning hit. I was in the kitchen and almost lost it when I observed
the simultaneous lightning and thunder!


My answering machine was on the closest run to the outdoor wiring and
was taken out...but nothing else in the house was damaged.



I was in my driveway with a Mexican concrete guy when my garage
mounted weather station was hit *the second time). Very exciting
stuff. The shock wave felt like getting hit in the face with a wet
towel. Everything was blue for a second. I am not sure if it was
really blue or that was just an electrical shock to the optic nerve.
It's a good thing the GDO was still working or my buddy Poncho would
have made a roadrunner style hole in the door.