I seem to have had an attractive relationship with lightning and it
scares me (living in FL). I've seen ball lightning twice, once so
close (20' or so) that it hit the pine tree next to me showering me
with flaming debris.
Once during a thunderstorm when I turned on a faucet, no water came out
when I turned it on but suddenly a bluish glow emerged and wandered
around in the washbasin till it touched the tap, expolded melting the
tap handle.
Sitting on the front porch, lightning hits the road 50' in front of me
leaving a dry spot 20' up and down the road.
My neighbors well has been hit so many times that I told him he has
blanket permission to connect to mine to get water when it happens.
His well is below ground level.
During a thunderstorm while camping, I got out of the car and waited
under a picnic shelter. Just on a hunch, I got up on top of the picnic
table under the shelter and suddenly a bolt jumps out of the nearby
conduit directly to the DRY concrete floor in front of me.
People do not understand why I will not go sailing in thunderstorm
season.