I was taught at a very young age to be scared of lightening and when I say scared... I mean terrified! Lightening was wicked where I grew up, it struck our TV one time, another time it got our refrigerator. It got in my uncle's house and bounced around all over the house and exited through his bath tub, blowing out his sewage line as it went down the drain and out of the house. One of the last times I was up there where I grew up, a storm came up and struck the house next door and set it in fire.. Yup! I am terrified of it! I will not answer the phone during a storm! Will not go near a water faucet, unplug TV's and stuff and shut up the house..

We had one here last summer that like to make gave me a heart attack. Lightening struck close by and I could hear it "pinging" somewhere then BAHM! Me and my cats freaked out! Soon as I crawled out from under the bed, I did a walk all over the house 3 to 4 times to make sure nothing was on fire.. In taking to a neighbor, it struck 3 TV's in her house and her computer and some other stuff I think.. YUP! I am STILL scared of it!

(I was kidding about being under the bed, I was on my sofa under the covers )