There is a reason the Tampa Bay professional hockey team is called the Lightning. The imaginary line between Tampa and Daytona Beach is the lightning belt capital of the country, and the line goes through the Villages. Being on a peninsula, sandwiched between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, makes for frequent and unpredictable pop up lightning storms during the warm tropical summer months. It’s my least favorite thing about the Village’s given that my favorite two activities are lap swimming and golfing. Being submerged in an excellent conductor of electricity like water, or in an open area swinging a lightning rod, are both very dangerous activities. Oh well, I can think of worse ways to have my number called.
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