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In reply to the discussion: Had a close call at work... [View all]lastlib
(23,429 posts)I experienced a similar close call. Was leaning against a utility pole (one with a transformer) in a rainstorm. (My group was on an outdoor exercise, no place nearby to get in out of the rain, so we just had to grin and bear it.) I walked about twenty feet away from that pole toward the other side of the road, and BOOM! Lightning hit the transformer. Sounded (and FELT) like a bomb! Literally knocked me off my feet, splintered the top of the utility pole I had just been leaning against, smoked the transformer. That was too close for comfort!
That was Sunday morning. Monday morning break, I was sitting at a table with several co-workers, who were mostly talking shop. Another lady co-worker comes up, sits down, and asks, "Well, did we all have an exciting weekend?". I deadpanned, "I got hit by lightning."
*Dead silence* at that table!