"When lightning roars, head indoors"

[Delta4Embassy]

Do NOT, as some of my neighbors are doing, go out for a swim in the empty pool. It's empty because of the thunderstorm currently raging overhead. And yes Virginia, people do die being hit by lightning while in and adjacent to swimming pools.

Husband dies as holiday pool is hit by lightning Daily Mail Online

We're all gonna die, but if there's an afterlife I'd be one pissed off (and really embarassed ghost) if everybody asks me how I died I have to say went swimming during an electrical storm.

 

[Mr. H.]

I've never considered swimming in a pool without water.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

I've never considered swimming in a pool without water.

Thanks for that glimpse into the inner-workings of your mind.

 

[Mr. H.]

Do NOT, as some of my neighbors are doing, go out for a swim in the empty pool.

I felt sorry for this thread, that's why I replied.
And I predict it to be the only reply.

 

[longknife]

Wrong.

Watching lightning and listening to thunder is my favorite pastime - and what I miss most about living in Vegas.

In my 12 years in Europe, the thing I really enjoyed were the afternoon thundershowers. Almost punctual.

As an avid golfer, we'd head for the clubhouse as the first signs of them coming - then sit on the outdoor veranda drinking "Ratlers" a combination of beer and European tart sodas.

 

[waltky]

Lightning strikes in Europe injure 46...

Up to 46 people, many children, injured in lightning strikes in France, Germany
May 28, 2016 -- A total of 46 people, many of them children, were injured in lightning strikes in France and Germany on Saturday.

At least four children experienced life-threatening injuries in Paris after a bolt struck a tree where the young birthday party goers were hiding from a sudden rain storm, according to reports. The children, between 7- and 14-years-old, took shelter under a tree in the city's Parc Monceau Saturday afternoon.

At least one child from the Paris incident needed to be given CPR immediately after the strike, reports said. Eyewitnesses said the group was thrown several feet from they were standing when the bolt struck. An off-duty firefighter was the first to offer first aid at the scene until help arrived, BBC said.

On the same day, lightning struck a children's soccer game in western Germany, injuring 35 people including the game's referee. Mirror reported the bolt struck just after the game's final whistle was blown, around 2 p.m. local time. BBC reported no signs of an impending storm were visible at the time of the damaging strike in Germany. Eleven children and two parents were taken to the hospital, and three people reportedly suffered serious injuries.

Up to 46 people, many children, injured in lightning strikes in France, Germany