#lightning-strike

They say lightning never strikes the same place twice, so hopefully this young boy survived his first and only run-in with the terrifying act of nature.

A young boy from Argentina was captured on film enjoying a leisurely jaunt in the rain. Fascinated with his house’s gutters, the boy stood underneath them as the heavy storm water rained down on his umbrella. Having had enough fun under there, he decided to skip through the garden when a bolt of lightning struck his umbrella in a blinding flash of light.

Fortunately, the strike narrowly missed him and he survived the potentially deadly attack without any physical harm.

(via Daily Mail)

That was close! I think if I were the young boy, I’d think twice before playing around in the rain again.

Meteorologists really get a bad rap.

While we’ve come a long way in being able to predict the weather, the people who report on it are better known for their flubs than their successes. Whether or not it’s fair, they’re a pretty easy target for some hilarious jokes.

One girl named Hannah Brooks in Texas decided to film herself predicting sunshine in the midst of a thunderstorm, gently ribbing meteorologists everywhere. What she got instead was way too real.

This was way too close for comfort. Yikes!

It looks like she won’t be heading up the team on the evening news any time soon, that’s for sure. Remember: stay inside during thunderstorms!