Let me tell you about the time my concrete mason got struck by lightning while I cook lunch.
A number of years ago we were building an addition for some people, and it rained every day of the summer- like every day.
They had a huge concrete patio that needed to be poured so eventually we decided to go for it even though they were calling for a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Now this was exposed aggregate concrete that you have to power wash once the concrete sets up, so around 5 o’clock that afternoon they were finishing up power washing and I was getting ready to head home when I noticed the sky was getting dark off in the distance.
So I said, “Whatever you do- don’t stay out here and get struck by lightning”
About 45 minutes later I was at home taking a shower and my wife came in the bathroom and handed me the phone and it was my mason.
He said- “Remember the last thing you said to me? Well, I just got struck by lightning.”
Luckily, he was wearing rubber boots.
He said there was a huge bang, everything went white, and his helper saw fire roll up his boots.
They dropped everything and ran to the truck.
Thankfully no one was hurt, but he did say his feet tingled for the rest of the day.
Let me know in the comments if you have a good lightning story. @hausplans
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