I've told this one before. I was working on stuff in the yard on a summer
day in FL. I was located about 15 feet form my well and about 10 feet
from the guy wire on one of my towers.
There was a distant (probably at least 15 miles or more away) T-storm
starting to build, but from experience I knew it would be at least 30 minutes
or more if it moved in my direction before it arrived.
Flash, crack right at that time! I made a dash in to the house
immediately. I looked outside and there was no sign of the storm building or
coming
closer...nothing on the horizon other than that. Feeling secure I went
backout to pick up the tools I was working with. As I got near the same
area...flash, boom again.
Went inside the house to uh... relieve myself. When I came out and
checked what time it was the microwave was blank and I heard the well pump
making
a moaning noise as it tried to work.
The lightning had hit the well (260 feet deep and a great ground) and had
fried the pump as well as a bunch of stuff in the house. Remember, the
well was 15 feet from me.
Moral of the story: Lightning can strike out of an almost clear blue sky.
Be careful!!
By the way, the storm never got any closer and I heard no other thunder.
K4XS/KH7XS (Located in the lightning capitol of NA, WCF)
In a message dated 7/8/2013 2:13:17 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,
K2STN@frontier.com writes:
There are stories, presumably documented, of people being struck by
lightning from a storm ten miles away, in an area that did not appear to
be
at storm risk... bright, sunny and clear.
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