Fishing about 4 am this morning and the started to come down in buckets sideways, then the lightning started.  Me and a few others took refuge under a highway bridge.  Over our heads and down about a 100' a lightning bolt hit a transformer on a pole............It was the 4th of July !

Scared the crap out of all us.

Wow, that's nothing to mess around with. It's good to hear that you got a safe distance away from that lightning strike.

I've seen two transformers blow on their own. Once in my rear view mirror, about a quarter mile behind me. The other while I was fishing the Occoquan River about a mile away. Both times they really lit up the sky, and sounded like a gunshot.

Glad yoy fella's weren't hurt.

Fishing about 4 am this morning and the started to come down in buckets sideways, then the lightning started. Me and a few others took refuge under a highway bridge. Over our heads and down about a 100' a lightning bolt hit a transformer on a pole............It was the 4th of July !

Scared the crap out of all us.

Dam, bet that was some mess to clean up.... ;D

florida weather is nothing to mess with.

i remember i was working at sears taking a break out side during a rain storm and a lighting decided to strike the building about 50 feet from me. shook everything in the store. funny thing is , the power didnt even go out. but on a day where the sky doesnt have a cloud in sight , the power would go off , systems would be down etc.

thats one thing i dont miss about florida. i always thought some jerk was at the powerplant just leaning on some control panel and making everyones day a pita.

Only a few homes lost power, but the street lights were knocked out. I've read that Florida leads the nation in lightning strikes and we do lose power quite often.

I was back on the pier fishing within 20 minutes, blew right over.......no fish, lol.

Fishing about 4 am this morning and the started to come down in buckets sideways, then the lightning started. Me and a few others took refuge under a highway bridge. Over our heads and down about a 100' a lightning bolt hit a transformer on a pole............It was the 4th of July !

Scared the crap out of all us.

man i love lightning but hate it at the same time. never no problems on the water but one time probably ten years ago i was walking in the rain with two friends and passing our high school lightning struck the ground not even 15 feet in front of us.

but speaking of lighnting were bout to have a thunderstorm i hear thunder lol.