re: Lightning strikes explodes a telephone pole.

Closest I've been was when I lived in Beau Pre townhomes. I used go on Adderall binges and pull all-nighters studying. I went take a smoke break at like 3 a.m. and could tell the weather was getting bad. All of a sudden, about 3 seconds before the strike, everything felt weird. I've been in lightening storms while fishing where you can feel the static electricity. This was like that on steroids. Then everything lit up (must have been feeder bands). Shortly afterwards lightening hit the pond about 75 yards from me. I peed myself a little and ran inside like a little girl.