Pretty impressive thunderstorm here this evening. I was looking out of the
window watching people rushing home from the station on their bikes with
umbrellas bravely raised, and wondered why they weren't worried about being
hit by lightning. It turns out that one person not far from here wasn't so
lucky, although it sounds like he was on an exposed river bank.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20030903ic25.htm

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Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan