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    And you don't have to be all that close to "feel" it, either !!

    I was crossing a local lake, several years back, in order to trailer my boat ... after hearing thunder in the distance. Got about halfway across, idling through the no wake area, when I got a bit of a "buzz" through the steering wheel of the boat. Never saw the lightning, never even saw a flash of light or heard any crack of thunder, when I got buzzed.

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    I was fishing with a friend several years ago on KY Lake. We were trolling river bars for sauger. A thunderstorm had gone across the lake a few miles south of us and the sun was out where we were. I raised my graphite spinning rod up to adjust it and it hummed. I not talking about a barely noticeable hum, I'm talking Luke Skywalker light sabre LOUD hum. I could lower the rod and it would stop, raise it and it would get louder the higher I raised it. I decided then and there that it was time to head to the house. I'm not normally into taking unnecessary chances. That much static electricity in the air made being there unnecessary.

    I almost lost a buddy on Lake Lanier in GA several years ago. He and his Dad were bass fishing and boom! Steve said the next thing he knew, his Dad was kneeling over him and crying. Steve had been struck but his Dad had not. He suffered some slight burns and some hearing loss. Never could get him to fish in rainy weather after that.
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    Often we hear that lightning hits the tallest point. Wonder why it struck the water surface and not the boat (which is obviously a higher/taller point)?

    Personally I believe God is in control. Thoughts?

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    I saw that on the Cincinnati news last night. Scary stuff. I'm out of there as soon as I hear any thunder or see any lightning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kycreekboy View Post
    I saw that on the Cincinnati news last night. Scary stuff. I'm out of there as soon as I hear any thunder or see any lightning.
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    Sometimes a person can be a lightning rod and draw it. Maybe the fisherman was not one of those human lightning rods. I know an old fella that has been struck six times by lightning. There were witnesses to every event. He is still in good health (?????). he gets hit and it knocks him unconscious. He wakes up and doesn't remember what happened but people around him saw it. He got struck in a crowd at a race one time. Out of all the people there, he got struck.

    I have learned three things from this man. 1) there is no way that a man should be struck by lightning that many times in his life. There has to be a higher power at play. 2) there is no way that man should be on this Earth still. A higher power has something to do with that too. 3) If I am around this man when a storm comes up, I don't want to be within ten miles of him!CF
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoosier Crappie View Post
    Often we hear that lightning hits the tallest point. Wonder why it struck the water surface and not the boat (which is obviously a higher/taller point)?

    Personally I believe God is in control. Thoughts?
    Yep!
    I was also wondering what he was doing video-ing in a storm...
    And why a 16 yr old has a boat Wayyyyy nicer than mine!! lol

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    Been there and done that! I hope that I never experience that again...... A Good friend of mine, was hit by Lightening and Died! I, "Will NOT", chance my Life again!!!!!!
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