wall of lightning

my dad used to be a roofer and he was workin on a roof wit his co workers they wer told to get of the roof and get indoors as quickly as they can theirs a reely bad storm cumin so they all got down except him.he just put a few tools awy and stuff the stornm started so he got down wen he got down he was walkin over to the portacabin wen he dropped his keys and !!!BLAM!!! a wall of lightin (YES A WALL)(!!!!A WALL!!!!)appeared in front of him he said he could feel the vibration of the pure energy.He said the wall was about 9 metres long and 5 m high

every 1 in the portacabin thought he was dead they cryin wit shock they all thought he was dead

if he had not of dropped his keys he wud have been incinerated

has this ever happened to any 1 else or similar to this pleeze write back

[edit on 24-9-2004 by elliott reid]

lightning up close apears as a flash of white. You cant discern where it starts or stops, and sometimes, its farther away than you think. I was campin in the area of Peekamoose Mt Ny, and a member of our party was severely injured with a shattered ankle, we had to stay ontop THE MOUTAIN AND WEATHER A BRUTAL STORM. I "felt" it coming. I tasted it. It went thru my body a second before it struck...It also blinded me for moments after when the tree about 50ft away was struck by lightning. It was truly remarkable, I felt I was hit. but obviously, uninjured, I was not. It was a sight, a moment of complete whiteness and a thunderous boom. Your father is smart and lucky. he moved when he had the chance. We need to learn that. After 9/11, I will always MOVE when I think I should. Dont hesitate just get the hell out of Dodge...Get out.

I kept saying wed better get off this mountain,,,, but we couldnt for my cousin was injured badly... a few went to go get help...they were about 1/2 mile away. when they heard it they came running back fearing the worst for us...It was a hell of a storm. They knew the strike was in our vacinity...
so when your hair stands on end and you taste metal in your mouth, get down reallll low folks, because lightning does strike people

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yeh that is reely weird isint it have any other weird things ever happened to u

I can feel a storm coming because I get migrains and I guess the change in pressure induces the pain...but now Im very aware of that "feeling" just before a strike and there isnt much time to do anything about it. A slight prickling of the skin you ll notice as even superflous (spelling?) hairs respond to the electricity in the air. Because I enjoy the mountains, I have experienced many storms "up close". Lightening is profound because it is quick, random and extremely powerful. We attach a mystical quality to it for that reason...Not to mention its reallly loud