D&D 3E/3.5 D&D 3.5 Weather: Lightning

[nijineko]

The US National Weather Service says there are something like 25 million lightning flashes in the US each year, but there are only about 50 lightning deaths. The chances of getting hit and killed are not really worth simulating.

i guess my source link in my post earlier was overlooked, as it lead to the page on the national weather service with the exact sources and numbers. =P

then again, i'm kinda lazy, so i don't always follow links either. ^^

 

[lordxaviar]

i've been zapped through a window by a near miss with a lightning bolt.

it didn't help that my one hand was on the metal lip of the window trying to shut it, metal frame too... my other hand was on a floor fan up on a desk, which was plugged in and turned on. i was trying to turn it off. cue lightning bolt right outside my window. not a direct hit, but the nimbus charged my window sill enough to give me quite the stinging zap. in that hand and out the other into the fan.

your source.

i was in a ground floor apt and the window blew in and I was blown off the bed by a tree strike in the yard next door.