Lightning Never Strikes Twice In The Same Place
Or at least that’s what my neighbour, Jacques, will be hoping. Early this morning Wendy woke me up asking me to unplug the computers, modem and phone lines because of a serious electrical storm that had set in (we get some pretty mean lightning where we are so this is a fairly regular occurence).
Stumbling back down the passage seconds later, my mission complete, I nearly crapped myself as a white flash and a deafening explosion resounded through our house. I’m not normally scared of thunderstorms but this was scary. It sounded like a grenade had gone off in our lounge.
Anyways I assumed that it had just been a close call and went back to sleep.
2 hours later I woke up again, stumbled down the passage and found Wendy and Ethan staring at the house opposite the road through our kitchen window. This is what they’d seen…
Close up of the lightning strike
Debris that landed on our driveway – ACROSS THE ROAD!
Quite a strike that – apparently it hit his modem and computer – both of which landed up on the floor. Unpleasant!
But you gotta love Jozi thunder storms 
Popularity: 18% [?]
They’re not fun when they damage your stuff, but man I miss Gauteng thunder storms! Such an awesome force of nature with the personality of a Joburger: impatient, loud aggressive and quick but the job gets done!
So much better than the rain that just drizzles and drags on for days here in the UK.
by Jon M Bishop
on 01. Dec, 2008
Ouch. Yeah hit big at my place too.
by Don
on 01. Dec, 2008
Yeah the interesting part is that lightning can in fact strike the same place twice. That’s simply an old wives tale that it doesn’t.
It’s been an interesting 24 hours – have a look at the bus that exploded outside the Afrigator offices http://stii.co.za/cape-town/bus-burns-in-cape-town/
by Justin Hartman
on 01. Dec, 2008
@Justin Hartman I remember something along those lines – what the hell is happening?? How bizarre is that bus story? And this morning in Jozi a truck overturned with a load of live pigs – eeuch.
by Mike
on 01. Dec, 2008
@Mike, it’s time for a holiday and the universe is telling us to go on leave
by Cluckhoff
on 02. Dec, 2008
Jeez. I’m terrified of thunderstorms. We also got struck one year. Makes me pleased to be in Slaapies!
by Dolce
on 02. Dec, 2008
Now that is exactly why i will continue loving Joburg for their mens clothing stores and the money I make there, Cape Town for summer, my old neighbourhood, my mother’s house and the money i make there..
But I am not leaving Durban – ever.
by arthur
on 02. Dec, 2008