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-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Daryl Stout on 09-13-12  12:13 <=-

 DS> Either way, you don't want to be hit...directly or indirectly. I
 DS> myself have been indirectly struck twice...but carry no charge and can
 DS> be handled safely. 

 MR> Holy Cow! That's crazy! Could You actually tell at the time You were
 MR> going to be struck? I often wondered whether You could feel static or
 MR> something and know it was coming, or if it just WHAM! Your struck.
 MR> Guess I am asking an expert. You are one lucky man to be here!

Once, when visiting one of my sisters, the house was hit by lightning,
and the electric charge just went straight through the house.  We could
feel a tingling and then it was gone, no harm done to any of us or the
structure...  No warning, just that the strike was right there...

ttyl         neb

... "Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth."

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