I was riding my bike and all of a sudden a storm rolled in. I was getting close to my house but I started to feel the air get really fuzzy and the hairs on my arms started standing up. The air smelled like ozone and things really didn’t feel right.
I immediately stopped and got off my bike and laid down. Lightning hit a post near me instead.
That’s amazing! I’ve always wondered, what does a lightning strike sound like when you’re that close?
Can’t attest for them, but it sounded like a straight up explosion when lightning struck in my yard once. It hit a pole I believe, but nothing was damaged (except the router that got super-fried…) so maybe it would aound different depending on how it hits and what it passes through.
The hairs standing up and fuzzy air is the static electricity on the ground building up.
It’s fucking amazing.
