A Note to Blasphemers

This is National Lightning Safety Awareness Week.

This puts me in remembrance of a guy I worked with during my college years. Leon, a Native American from Anadarko, Oklahoma, had been struck by lightning when he was growing up.

Three times.

That's right. Not once. Not twice. But the hat trick of atmospheric discharge receptivity. And other than being a little hard of hearing, he appeared no worse for the experiences.

Nevertheless, I always made it a point to keep a 20-yard buffer zone between us when out of doors.