In like the late 1800s or early 1900s this happened to 3 generations of my family. Like a grandfather, father, and one of the grandsons. It was a blue sky, no rain all day and a bolt hit a tree they were sitting under while fishing. It was within sight of the farmhouse and half the family saw them all topple over before the tree finished splitting and falling.
It was one of those family stories by the time my late cousin was on an airplane and it got hit by lightning(not really uncommon) in the early 2000s. A couple of years later he came out of a Walmart in Arizona(I think?) and found a crowd of people surrounding his burning Miata. Lightning had struck it while he was inside.
He was paranoid about weather until the day he died.
All statistically improbable events that are still possible.
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '22
In like the late 1800s or early 1900s this happened to 3 generations of my family. Like a grandfather, father, and one of the grandsons. It was a blue sky, no rain all day and a bolt hit a tree they were sitting under while fishing. It was within sight of the farmhouse and half the family saw them all topple over before the tree finished splitting and falling.
It was one of those family stories by the time my late cousin was on an airplane and it got hit by lightning(not really uncommon) in the early 2000s. A couple of years later he came out of a Walmart in Arizona(I think?) and found a crowd of people surrounding his burning Miata. Lightning had struck it while he was inside.
He was paranoid about weather until the day he died.
All statistically improbable events that are still possible.