New Phobia #2!
Just as Summer begins, today I read about some guy in Florida getting hit by ”dry lightning.”
With no rain or even clouds to warn him of the danger, death came literally out of the blue Thursday to a self-employed landscaper. The killer was a powerful bolt of lightning that cracked through perfectly clear skies.
[He] was killed by a weather phenomenon fittingly called a ”bolt from the blue” or ”dry lightning” because it falls from clear, blue skies.
LOL! Get it? “Out of the blue.” Because it came out of nowhere and killed that dude!
Wait…lightning? Lightning can strike you on a sunny day? I’ve never even considered worrying about that. And I worry about everything.
But, I mean, at least it’s not some kind of super-deadly form of lightning, right? It’s normal, run-of-the-mill lightning, that just so happens to come out of nowhere. I think I can deal with that. That’s not that scary.
The fair-weather bolts pack a bigger, deadlier punch and form differently.
Fuck me.
Most lightning bolts carry a negative charge, but ”bolts from the blue” have a positive charge, carry as much as 10 times the current, are hotter and last longer.
AAAAH! Of course! Why wouldn’t lightning that comes out of nowhere on a sunny day be ten times stronger, hotter, and longer-lasting than regular lightning? That’s rational.
The bolts normally travel horizontally away from the storm and reach farther than typical lightning, then curve to the ground.
So, basically, they go out of their way to kill you? Awesome.
Have a good weekend, everyone. I just checked the forecast, it’s going to be beautiful out there.
I’m staying in my apartment forever.
July 5th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
You know that saying “When it’s your time, it’s your time?” I think it was his time. I feel like a terrible human being, but I could not stop laughing at the idea of dry lightning. And because of this, I have the eerie feeling that this will be what kills me. I only hope that I am wearing pants at the time.