I think we were preoccupied by fear before the lightning strike. It was almost dark, even at midday, the wind was very loud, the raindrops actually hurt, and we had no visual references.. The excitement was really in retrospect. The "bang" was really loud and I think it stunned us, like a "flash-bang" grenade. We only realized what happened after the fact when we regained our senses.
-----Original Message----- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 7:37 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Buggered Benzmail <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT lightning hit Wow, that must have been *exciting* --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 20, 2020, at 12:03 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > My most exciting (and odd) lightning encounter was in a 30 ft. sail boat > returning from the Destin inlet. A storm came up suddenly so we motored > under full power into the wind (under bare poles). The rain was so dense we > could not even see the bow so we steered by compass. The flash and bang were > simultaneous. Folks in the cockpit pointed forward at the very close > lightning strike. Folks in the cabin pointed aft, also at a very close > strike. Either there were two simultaneous lightning bolts or one bolt split > and hit in front and behind us. I remembered the hair on my arms standing up > just before the lightning strike. As the rain abated we saw we had been > blown backwards about 1/4 mile despite using full power. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
