Today when
I was tending my herbal garden and suddenly the sky turned gloomy as if it will
rain soon. So, I tried to find a shelter under a large tree and indeed about
half an hour later; heavy rain started to fall. The rain poured down for an
hour or so and while it was still drizzling in the sky before seizing, suddenly
my surrounding filled by a layer of mist with chlorine smell.
Generally I
thought someone has done a fogging or a chemical spill or something like that.
However, I couldn't find the source of the smell. Without giving it a second
thought, I headed to my garden to finish my job for the day.
At this
instance, a loud bang with an explosion occurred some 30 feet above my head! That
has certainly scared the living daylight out of me… Before I realized it; I
just had a close encounter with a lighting strike. Unlike common belief, there weren't any warning signs such as lighting or anything like that. All happened
so fast that the explosion has taken place out of the blue. The only sign I
have noticed was the chlorine smell mist.
As soon as
the explosion occurred, the mist dispersed almost simultaneously. I am not sure
what the mist was or perhaps ions; it was the only thing that happened before
lighting strike. Perhaps when one is working in the open field before and after
a rainstorm and the person finds before or after rain; and that he/she is in
the midst of a fog with chlorine smell; then please do so and leave the place
as soon as possible. Having said so, it is still best not to go to an open
field where you are the tallest object in the field to avoid mishaps.
Contrary to
common belief as not only lighting can strike during rain, it can also strike without
any warning… well, in my case; I saw and smelled a layer of chlorine flavour mist;
but I can’t guarantee that this would be a common case. Perhaps the best thing
is just to go into a building for good if possible. Also, please avoid seeking
shelter under a small hut in an open field such as that of a pineapple
plantation, or venture to play football in the field during and after rain. There are just too many incidents in our local mass media now days... And I was one of the lucky ones escaped unharmed. Or, was it the working of my Leklai spirits that has protected me from the lighting? Hmm...
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