"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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I was working at my computer when lightning hit 6 feet away. The
screen didn't even flicker. All the juice stayed with the 000 wire.

Casady


If you could instantaneously block the vivid light of a lightning strike,
you would see a large area surrounding it, the diameter of which is
dependent on the voltage, of ionized atmosphere around the primary strike
point. It also is conducting, although at a much lower amperage compared
to the main current path.

You just don't see it because the primary flash of light is so bright.

Eisboch