As a point of reference, the Navy would secure the base in Orlando almost every day around 4pm due to the lighting strikes. Only lasted about 5 mins.
For those who do not know, securing the base means everyone must rush inside the closest building and amf cars must stop and be put in park when the siren went off, and stay until the siren was sounded again.
I could taste the lightning when I was outside as the alarm sounded.
That base no longer exists, this was in the late 80s.
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