Originally Posted by bikebuddha
I got caught in a big storm earlier this week and while my first inclination was to ride through it, once the lightening started coming down close I stopped under an expressway underpass, sat on the curb, and ate a cliff bar until the worst of the storm had passed.
Yep, I bet that I got caught in the same storm. Wettest July on record here in Georgia. My co-workers have taken to taunting me everyday about 4:00pm as the thunder and rain rolls in and I'm getting ready to ride home.
Yes, people don't often get struck by lightening but I still try to avoid it whenever possible. My brother's second-floor room got hit a couple of years ago while he was sleeping. It looked like someone dropped a grenade at the foot of his bed. All the electronics in the room were destroyed, the window sill was burnt to a crisp, and all the wall nails were pulled out of the studs about an inch or so by the magnetic force of the electricity. Scared the pants off of everyone in the house.