[TheForge] lightning

[Jerry Frost]

Did your folks live next door to my grandparents? Mom, my maternal 
grandmother had LOTS of cool stories from the turn of the last century 
including an indian raid. More like a bunch of drunk teenagers riding 
through town kicking trash cans but . . . STILL. <grin>

Jer
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Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] lightning


> Lightning can really be strange.  At my Mom & Dad's farm in southern Ohio, 
> it has hit the house several times and the house is 1/3 the way down a big 
> hill.
>
> It has blown out several sump pumps - its preferred path.  One time it 
> came through an open kitchen window and welded a pot to the kitchen sink. 
> Another time it came through a window and hit the chimney.  That one blew 
> Dad off the sofa.
>
> Needless to say we are very careful when there is lightning.
>