Lightning Strike

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I won't bore you with details and stats of Lightning Strikes but think about this if you are on the move, camping, hiking or even sitting at the house. This happened a few minutes before i got to the house. The neighbor saw it as he was sitting on the porch. No damage to the house. Guess I know where the next batch of firewood is coming from!
Just another primer thought for survivalist.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Well guess what. I didnt check the stuff in the garage and my freezer got KIAd. I walked in today to put up some tools and went ohh I know that smell:(

[Grantmeliberty]

Lightning has fried my brother's solar system inverter a couple of times, without so much as a near hit. There are spikes of current in the ground which can be picked up by wiring and wipe things out. He is in a valley, not on a high spot, so direct strikes aren't the problem. When I was living near him, I was using my laptop one evening, no storm at my location, and saw a flash, felt a shock on my leg, and about 4 or 5 seconds later, heard the crash of thunder. All the telephone wiring is underground through the forest there, so it had to have been an induced current which did the deed.