I live in an area that is prone to lightning.
I look outside during storms & it is not unregular to see several lightning bolts, so on those days it is best to stay inside.
Before I moved in, I found out that the tree in our yard was struck by lightning, plus a acquaintance of ours had a tree struck by lightning. So that is what I mean when I say that our area is prone to lightning. Well I recently had a scary experience that could have ended badly. Once again, during an incredibly terrible storm, lightning had struck our property, another tree to be particular. I wasn’t house at the time, however our hubby was & he told me about seeing the tree fall. I instantly feared the worst & thought of it hitting the home, however the tree wasn’t that close to our house & missed it by a fantastic bit. However, I couldn’t help however to notice that it landed only a few feet away from our heating & a/c system. If it had just moved a few feet right it would have crushed our Heating, Ventilation, & A/C machine! I can’t suppose how close it came. I made sure to test the heating & a/c device, & to our relief, the central Heating, Ventilation, & A/C still worked perfectly fine. Although the tree & all of the branches were quite a mess to wash up afterwards. Especially since the area needed to be clear for fantastic ventilation for the a/c unit.