Lightning Strike

We had a close call with this lightning strike! Luckily, all of our employees are okay!

[coldfoot]

18 years old, just out of High School and got a summer job working for Parks and Rec in my hometown in Southwestern Ohio. The boss always told us to get out of the open and into the truck when lightning was happening. So, big storm blew up and we made it to the truck. Next thing you know a massive bolt hit the flagpole, not far from the truck. Thomas and I looked at each other, ears ringing and at that point we decided our day was done. Still remember, crystal clear, 54 years ago.

[JonsTunes]

Timberline Landscaping - We'll be there in a flash!

[t.r.]

I was working in florida on a transmission line tower. A strom blew up quick before I could get down. Lightning hit the tower or the static line. I was knocked unconscious, when I came to I was hanging by my harness and lanyard looking down inside the tower at 140 foot. I thought I was falling, scared the shit out of me.

[aaronsvendsen]

Long day at work, hun?

Nah- it went by in a flash.

[Apalapse]

They really called a "code brown" after this one.

[Mindphaser]

You think you know how loud thunder is until lightning almost hits you. It's unreal.

[mattjaxdad]

Manager: "Quit laying down on the job Jim, this trailer ain't going to weld itself"!
Jim: "That is precisely what just happened"!!!

[berner]

I was worried the bearded guy was going to need CPR.

[avrandlane]

man it doesn't even look like the sky is that bad for a lighting strike that's honestly kind of scary.

[KSparks]

Looked like it hit the tool rack on the truck, partially arced through the safety chains on the trailer and off something near the guys left leg to ground, and the most of it came off the back of the trailer to the ground, blowing up those big chunks of dirt. I'm blaming the emergency blinkers. lol He came pretty close to looking like Wile E. Coyote.

[MFXdump]

Most companies, “walk it off and get back to work you two!”

[peanutsassyathena]

Wow, that took him out fast! It's clear he is in a lot of pain. I'm glad everyone survived without permanent injuries.

[jimturpin]

Whoa! Glad to hear those guys were okay. I recall about 20 years ago in Mississippi about a half dozen men working on a water line down in a hole in a ditch, lightning struck something on the hilltop nearby and conducted that bolt down the metal water line to where all those men were working, apparently in knee deep water and it killed every one of them so you don't have to be up high for it to get you, which was probably why they kept on working during the storm thinking they were safe because where they were. So when the lightning starts, I get away from anything conductive!

[GeorgiaNFA]

Man that’s nuts. Hope they were both ok ✅

[zenferns]

Imagine you're peacefully taking a lunch break in an area after long hours of work and then out of nowhere you get struck by lightning

[dukemetzger]

Now that was a little too close! I feel for the guy that was touching that trailer!

[MrDan]

Wife: "How'd everything go at work, today?"
Husband: "Y-y-y-you d-d-don't wanna know!"

[CA-lkfd]

Wow! That’s crazy! Glad no one was injured. I was working on a new house years ago (I’m an electrician) no power was on yet. Lightning directly hit a tree in the backyard about a hundred feet away. I can’t describe the sound that made, it was so loud. It completely destroyed the tree.

[BrilliantDesignOnline]

My boss would be like: "WHY are you lying on the ground? Just milking the clock taking a nap..."

[gtoger]

If that's what it takes for someone to come out and empty the dumpster, alright.