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Old 07-17-2025, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Rainger99 View Post
According to the National Weather Service, lightning can strike as far as 10 miles away from its parent thunderstorm.

If you hear thunder, you should go inside. Even if you don’t see lightning.

https://www.weather.gov/media/safety...Brochure18.pdf
A while back I was swimming laps in a sports pool when out of nowhere, thunder and a lightning bolt instantaneously struck directly overhead. I jumped out of the pool as fast as I could, but noticed the other gentleman in the pool wasn’t getting out. I approached him and asked if he just saw the lightning and suggested he get out of the pool. He laughed and said “thanks for the concern son, but I’m in my 90’s and if that’s how the good lord wants to take me, so be it”. A couple weeks later, I told that story to the pool attendant and his response was “thank God he didn’t get fried, you have no idea how much paper work I would’ve had to fill out.
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