Mother Nature Dropped A Surprise On Us In Wee Hours Of The Morning.

Although I love watching a good light show in the sky I do have a fear of lightning. Several years ago I was sitting on my couch, which was about 3 feet from my big double windows in the livingroom, just watching tv when a huge storm hit our area. The lightning was striking every few seconds and way too close to home. I thought it would be a good idea to unplug my tv and vcr just to be on the safe side. Just as I walked in front of the windows a bolt of lightning hit about 20 feet from the window. The sound was deafening and I could hear the electrical charge sizzle in the air. It almost knocked me off my feet. My window screens lit up like a Christmas tree and whether it was fear or electricity, every hair on my body stood straight up and I was unable to move for about 20 seconds. I sat back down on the couch to catch my breath and all of a sudden the 3 teeth where I had fillings started to hurt really bad. About 10 minutes after that the side of my face that was facing the window during the strike felt hot. I walked to the mirror and it looked like I had a mild sunburn on that side of my face but the other side was normal. The next day the burn was barely noticeable but those 3 teeth hurt for about a week. To say the least it was a very close call and I don't want to have another experience like that again. We have also had storms sneak up on us that weren't predicted or expected. I live in the midwest so we always have weird weather and have learned to expect the unexpected. During major storms I just keep the local tv station on that has the best Doppler radar and hope that the meteorologist and the radar can tell me exactly when we're gonna to get hit and how bad it's going to be. Animals definitely know when something is going on. They get nervous too!