The rule Environment Canada stresses during the summer season is, “When thunder roars, go indoors.”
Perhaps it’s a lesson one lucky gentleman had hammered home to him on Tuesday.
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Credit: YouTube/hanssd1
Credit: YouTube/hanssd1
A thunderstorm was off in the distance near San Diego, Calif. so Hans Nansen pulled out his phone and began recording it.
However, while recording, a bolt of lightning struck nearby, throwing him back.
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These “bolts from the blue” are a reminder that lightning can strike far from a storm.
According to Environment Canada, each year approximately 10 Canadians are killed and 150 injured by lightning strikes.
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