Dad and I were standing on the front porch, watching the storms roll through just north of here. Just as it started raining here, we were looking off to the west, and BAM!!! I felt like someone threw a piece of plywood at me. What happened? Lightning hit less than a quarter of a mile away.

Of course, Mom freaked out and came running out to make sure we were okay. I told her that aside from my eyes burning like I caught welding flash and a massive headache that hit me all of a sudden, I was fine.

Just before that, I was making my usual attempt at getting pictures of lightning. I wasn't able to get anything other than the ambient flash in the sky, so don't be expecting anything any time soon.