Lightning doesn't always play by the rules. Back in Minnesota as a teenager I went to get the mail (driveway maybe 50 yards long), got the mail out of the mailbox, turned around to walk back to the house and BOOOM! The thunder, huge flash of light and a hot wind hit all at once. It had hit and destroyed the mailbox. I was no more than 20 feet from it when it hit. Even with my back turned the flash when the lightning struck the mailbox was impressive.
Forest line maybe 30 feet in back of the mailbox, power poles nearby, storm still miles off...yeah. Obviously nobody had informed this lightning bolt where it was supposed to hit.
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