God was with me.

[albyzee]

I am going to share a story with you about something that happened to me last week. That I only found out today what happened. That still scares the hell out of me.

 

Last week I was out on the ocean fishing when I happened to look north and saw a storm heading my way. I headed toward Barneget Lighthouse inlet as fast as I could so I would be at least in the bay. Well unfortunately the storm caught up to me. I got to the bay and was still quite a way from home when out of nowhere a bolt of lightning went across the sky and the clap of thunder immediately followed. This scared me. Then two seconds later another bolt of lightning with the loudest noise I have heard in all my life. It sounded like it hit something directly behind me. This now terrified me which I thought I was literally going to sh** my pants. I didn't know what to do. I had to get off the bay NOW. I was almost going to head to land and just beach the boat till the storm passed. Well I decided to get the hell home ASAP full throttle toward home. I made it to my lagoon and jumped out of that boat the fastest I have ever did it. I MADE IT. HOME. YAY

 

Well now we go ahead a few days. I was doing some pre-checks on the boat as I was going fishing again the next morning. Well the boat started like it always did but for some reason my GPS, Fish finder and gauges were not working. So I checked my wires and fuses but couldn't find anything wrong. I talked to my mechanic and he gave me a few things to check. I went home and started to inspect the boat again when lo and behold I found my problem. That last bolt of lightning HIT MY ANTENNA just above my head. Thank you God for watching over me. I still get the willies thinking about it let alone looking at the pictures. Check them out. WOW.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[22lyons]

wow...

[SC89Venture]

:shock3::shock3:

[Squidley]

wow...

 

 

Go out and buy a lottery ticket, that is unbelieveable.

[Ryana7769]

Umm...yeah you were definetly looked out for.

 

Glad your ok

[Venturous Randy]

Back in the early 70's I was on Lake Norman, north of Charlotte, NC with my wife and father in law when it blew up a storm. We immediately headed for shore and about a half hour later when we got back to the dock, a sail boat was being towed in that three people had just died in it from a lighting strike. Since then I don't get near the water when a storm is coming.

RandyA

Edited August 20, 2011 by Venturous Randy

[Art708]

Man....you should go buy a Powerball ticket

[TDunc]

Heck, it's dangerous anytime on Lake Norman...Sold both of my boats last year. Tired of dodging idiots on the water......Wait, I know, I am still dodging idiots on the road....

[wes0778]

Not sure about the lottery ticket, I'd say he's used up most of his luck...

[Phoneman1981]

Glad you are safe. Thanks for sharing

[albyzee]

Thanks for the well wishes. As far as luck goes I think I just got my one in a million. A very scary incident I'll tell you that.

[Sailor]

Lightning does strange things. While standing anchors I heard the Jackstaff start vibrating. That is a metal pole at the bow of the ship. I could feel things starting to get tense. I moved back to the breastplate, a barrier which keeps waves from sweeping past the anchor deck, and stood on the rope tie up lines. The jackstaff was really vibrating by now so I crouched down. Suddenly everything was quiet. When I left the bow the crew asked it I had heard the gigantic explosion. I didn't. apparently they had seen the lightning come down and split between the jackstaff and the breastworks with me in the middle. All I knew was that every filling in my mouth was hot and aching.