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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Such a strange phenomenon. I was out during that storm. Also standing under a tree (because it was the only cover from torrential rain!). So sad for those people.[/quote]

Do not ever do that, you idiot. Better drenched than dead.[/quote]

Yeah well now I know. I thought the lightning would strike the closest metal pole - which is what these are for?

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NP here. Lightning is attracted to tall objects in general. Trees are included in that definition. If you are underneath that tree, you become part of it.  (The lightning bolt doesn't think that the Washington Monument is really very close, so it was happy to go to the tree.)  On a similar note, if you are standing in an open field (or golf course), you are literally THE tall object.

A man in my neighborhood died several years ago because he was seeking shelter under a tree during a derecho. Lightning struck tree. He died a couple of days later in the hospital. Terrible loss.[/quote]

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