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Lightning Strike More Than Once 2008

April 14, 2024 – 11:45 am

Songkran signals the approach of the rainy season. The collision of wet warm fronts with hot dry fronts stimulate epic lightning storms. My girlfriend always insisted on shutting off every electrical device in the house other than the fans. Thais shiver in fear of a lightning strike with good reason. Everyone knew someone who had […]

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Split Sky

September 28, 2012 – 9:16 pm

At the age of ten I sat on our roof during a summer electrical storm with my older brother. The sky looked like the beginning of THE WIZARD OF OZ. Unlike Kansas Boston rarely offered such a dramatic show of weather. My father yelled for us to come inside. We thought we knew better and […]

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Lightning Strikes in Bangkok

April 17, 2009 – 5:51 pm

Songkran signals the approach of the rainy season. it’s still hot and the weather can produce epic lightning storms. My girlfriends always insisted on shutting off every electrical device in the house other than the fans. They would shiver in fear of a lightning strike. Everyone had someone who had died out in the rice […]

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Jesus struck by Lightning

February 13, 2008 – 8:56 pm

As a child the nuns told us that the punishment for blasphemy was a bolt of lightning. You wouldn’t even get a chance to hear the thunder. One second you’re flesh and blood. The next you’re charred to the bone like a steak left on the BBQ grill overnight. While I may be a non-believer, […]

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