06-18-2011, 02:14 AM
Twice. Both times too close for comfort. Once while driving, power transformer got blown up right in front of me - flash blinded me, literally could not see at 55mph, braked, felt the edge of the road, and managed to not go in the ditch. Second time while packing the car for vacation, I was in the garage and lightning struck the pine tree in the back yard. I was just coming out of the garage and the shockwave hit me before the sound really - it split the tree, blew the bark off of it for 50'+ on one side (it was amazing how little the pieces were too). And unbeknownst to me, it melted the phone lines underground - shorting them out. The cops were at our house a couple times while we were gone because our phone kept calling 911.