Thunderstorms and Lightnings

Interesting facts. I grew up living close to the water and beaches, so I knew not to boat or swim then. Also, hiding under a tree is dangerous. My father’s grandfather was at the kitchen sink while praying (he was a rabbi), when a bolt of lightning came through the window and burned a hole at the wooden table where my father was sitting. No one was hurt, and the prayers were unbroken.

I actually quite enjoy thunder and lightning - provided I'm safe inside!

Standing on top of a hill in copper underwear yelling all gods are stupid doesn't help during thunder storms either

One home which we lived in had a wood stove insert in the stone fireplace in the basement. There was a big wood stove steel pipe that ran from the ground level up along the side of the house to the specific level required for the building code. One summer's night, we were having a terrible thunderstorm, and our son was quite young, and he was afraid, which never happened, so we let him lay on the living room floor a bit past his bedtime. While he was lying there our power quickly flickered off and then back on again. We had a lightening strike our woodstove pipe. That pipe was made up of 3 feet sections, and the sections were scattered everywhere and did cause some damage to the evestrough as well as some of the vinyl siding where pieces hit it on their way down. I remember the rest of the night that we were so afraid, we all slept together in our bed.

Those really are some weird superstitions about lightening. Even though thunderstorms are dangerous some of the lightening they produce is amazing. I'd never want to be a storm chaser

It is very interesting to hear what those prominent people did during lightning. I am scared of lightning. Thanks for the heads up Anna.

I have always enjoyed a good lightning and thunderstorm. There is something exciting about it. Of course, I like to be in a safe place when one occurs.

It is interesting to hear about what people believed in years gone by. Things that we know now are just old wives tales. It is amazing that these people managed to not get struck by lightning.

that is very interesting Anna thank you keeping us on our toes.Good stuff

The saying that 'lightning never strikes twice' is also not true. Whatever made the lightning strike a place once, is likely to have the same effect again!

I hope you will have a safe season.

I love thunderstorms.

Interesting info.....I guess not standing beside a tall structure also helps.

One of our two dos freaks out during thunderstorms. We ended up creating a quiet room for her to go to!

These days these occurrences are severe. I feel it could be because of mobile towers.

Staying indoors helps as well

I don't care too much for thunderstorms but we did have a couple come through last night. Bella always gets upset and barks every time she hears thunder. Daisy runs and hides unless I am by her side.

I don't love nor hate thunderstorms. I do like the sound of rain as it's a nice backdrop when sleeping, but when it's thundering loudly it can be very hard to get a good night's sleep. My dad, being an electrician, had us unplug electronics like the TV when we got thunderstorms. When the weather is especially bad outside, I will turn off my computer, but I never think of turning it off before heading to work when it may be nasty outside. My sister's house, about twenty years ago, was hit by lightening and they lost all their electronics even the things that were off but not unplugged. So my dad's idea is a good one, but not many follow it that far. Most people think their surge protectors will protect the electronics against lightening strikes, but it's not made for that.

I remember the lightning rod you mentioned .My elder sister would buy this rod for safety.

That's one thing I've noticed...in the Maritimes we rarely have thunderstorms.