I always start counting when I see a really bright flash, except for a few times when there was not even reaction time between the flash and the boom. Once was on the set of Jaws2. A bunch of us in the boat department had taken shelter in a metal shed. The lightning struck the mast of one of the sailboats right in front of us which left us tingling and our ears ringing.
When the storm had passed we ran out and cannibalized the rigging that had been struck. We took pieces that showed damage from the lightning passing through and arcing to the metal next to it. I got a nice stainless steel clevis pin and the ring that goes through the hole on one end.
I put it on my key chain to guarantee that I would have good luck and definitely never get struck in a thunder storm, because, as we all know, lightening never strikes twice!
I had it, and good luck, for over 20 years before I misplaced it. The good luck had become a habit by then, and we all know that habits are hard to break.
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