I came close to being hit by lightning, twice. Once I was walking into work when WHAM! A lightning bole and followed by the loudest clap of thunder I ever heard. I said to my self. Gee that was a close hit. I went into work and all the lights were out. That is when I found out that the pole outside that I just walked past was hit. Another time a tree on my property about 75' from the house was hit. It burnt out a modem, several light bulbs and lots of dimmers.
