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Was talking on a plugged-in phone when lightning hit the transformer across the street - I had just hung up and turned the phone away from my face a couple inches when it exploded and smoke went everywhere. Happened twice in the same spot in that house bc I didn't learn my lesson the first time.
One of my neighbors at an apartment bldg was walking across the street right outside it and got hit and killed by lightning out of a clear blue sky.
Stood outside for an hour in a gorgeous lightning storm with no clouds and rain about 3 decades ago. All of a sudden a bunch of them gathered together into a ball and shot across the sky. Witnessing that, the feeder bands from Hurricane Katrina, and 4" long spiky hoarfrost ice are the coolest weather things I've seen.
Had enough lightning hit across the street from me in several places I've lived that all I can say is lightning is LOUD.