Damn Weather

[Freakyfisherman]

I'm apparently a lightning magnet - I've taken indirect hits twice, and several near misses. I do not intend to prove that the third time's the charm.

(It's like being tazed. It HURTS.)

I was within 3 ft of a bolt of lightning once on Pineview. I was on the bank, and it hit the water in front of me. So bright and loud and I remember my arm hair standing on end just before it struck. I don't get out on the lake if I see lightning or hear thunder. I had a former co-worker try to tell me I would be safe in a float tube if lightning hit the water if I was on the lake. He said I wouldn't be grounded. I told him you are nuts, the water is the ground. I told him you go test out that hypothesis. Lol 
Gabe