Excerpt from
THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE
SURVIVORS
If you are a lightning strike survivor, understand that you are not alone.
If you were struck when the sun was shining, you were still struck. If you were struck without one drop of rain, you were still struck.
Lightning can strike as much as ten miles from rainfall, and there is no way to predict the first strike.
Don’t be afraid to tell your story. Although an estimated 400 people are struck each year, this is a low estimate. Not everyone seeks medical help. The heart may or may not stop. It may or may not beat erratically. You are in shock, both literally and figuratively. Your thinking is changed, affected by the voltage that’s traveled through your body. You might or might not lose consciousness. You might or might not cry.