Kinda sorta copy/pasted question from Reddit. But wanted to see what your answers are like on here!
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To me it felt like walking through invisible spiderwebs, strike was 50 feet away seconds later.
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Where did it strike then?
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Whew. Sounds loud as hell
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When its very close it just sounds like a snap. I think because it overloads the eardrums.
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That fuzzy uneasy feeling was the static before a strike 😅
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You just got to play lightning rod.
People think lightning rods are meant to attract lightning, but that is incorrect. Buildings are often covered with a whole bunch of little 1 foot copper spikes. The idea is a multipoint spray of electrons from the ground up to a charged cloud to balance the charge and reduce the chance of a strike.
During a storm, you can sometimes hear them making a hissing sound as they work.
When lightning is about to strike, anything kind of tall and conductive will do the same. If you feel that static charge building up on you, get your ass as flat as you can. You cannot predict where the strike is going to hit, so running is silly–you might well run toward a strike. Just lay flat and stay away from tall stuff. Don’t be the tallest thing either.
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