thats true shawn ..when I was about 14 a friend and I were walking along in (sunshine ).. though there was a storm approaching ..I remember a blinding white flash/boom to my imediate right..we both freaked out and ran into each other knocking both of us down

.. there was a guy over the road looking down on us just In stiches of laughter..I have no idea how close it was I'm thinking VERY ..lucky the rain hadn't started and the ground was still dry or
who knows what might of been the outcome.