Storm Stories: Mother Struck by Lightning Inside Home

[@Silver-cl2bd]

9 yr old on phone with 911: I'm kind of nervous here. Braver than most adults in that situation!

[@Calaveras32Spcl]

Sometimes kids dont freak out because they do not know enough to be scared. At times a blessing, at times a curse. This little man was incredible, he knew enough to be scared but still held it together.

[@SOML98]

Amen!!!!

[@FinnersBinners]

Ikr

[@Idk-uw2jw]

It’s because of shock.One time I got chased by a van and a I had no emotion I just ran.

[@alt4life448]

XD I WOULD FREAK AND IM ONE YEAR OLDER THAN HIM XD

[@PaulCuellar04]

Why did you have to do her like that in the thumb nail 👁👄👁 Edit: y’all thanks for the likes I’m crying rn 😭💖

[@EAMKHS1]

LMBO!! I know right!

[@sarahstauffer1]

😂😂😂

[@amikaswartout51]

No doubt this is going to be an ignorant question, ( I’m truly pretty intelligent.. I think 😂) what is a thumbnail?

[@beccawildel8845]

@@amikaswartout51 it is the picture you first see at the beginning of any video before you hit the play button. Most thumbnails are a captured image from that video.

[@PaulCuellar04]

Amika Swartout the cover picture of the video

[@MrRaptorMan1000]

That boy is not only amazing but he is a HERO!!!

[@mariaht826]

He is

[@mariaht826]

oh my omg

[@scottpool4777]

I think the debt little kid deserves an award yes I do very very brave.

[@YourFellowRNRSisterFan98]

He is definitely a smart little boy. He you can tell he loves his mama.

[@neen42]

Even as an adult, it can be really hard to effectively communicate with a 911 dispatcher.

[@holylandfan3275]

That little boy is about 19 now. He was so mature for his age then, I can only imagine how amazing of a young man he has to be by now. God bless him.

[@Abby.B33]

HolyLand Fan yeah, bless him =)

[@DanTheMan1985ful]

But this wont be the last he or anyone else will ever be in. For THERE WILL BE MORE STORMS JUST LIKE THIS IN THE YEARS TO COME AND MORE SEVERE THAN ANYONE CAN IMAGINE. He may have won the battle but this war against Mother Nature IS FAR FROM OVER. So don't forget that, friend...

[@tonymurray814]

@@DanTheMan1985ful U must be a riot at parties buddy!!!!!!😴

[@5GreenAcres]

He must be 24 now. Yr. 2025

[@jeydondestiny3337]

Welp, now I’m just paranoid, not even safe in my home lol

[@asbakkali4761]

Jeydon Des10y 😂

[@robertheinrichvonseyfenste267]

wouldn't feel safe in any American house

[@rxndom_.mxya.4129]

@@robertheinrichvonseyfenste267 can u not lol

[@nikiannecoleman]

Jeydon Des10y You are safe as long as you don’t touch anything that acts as a conduit. Don’t touch steel window frames or anything metal. Also unplug all your electrical appliances, tv, computer, etc. You can say goodbye to them if lighting strikes them.

[@JazminX0X08]

Me too

[@katiedrew4708]

She's definitely a walking miracle,and a great Mom, raised Tristan right.

[@moneymoney3780]

nah, you have a 90% chance to survive a lightning strike

[@YourFellowRNRSisterFan98]

She for sure did. My mom was a police officer so my mom taught me about all the emergency situations she could have without being disrespectful to her job.

[@SigmaRho2922]

This was one day before digital switchover was completed for full power television stations across the United States. Approximately half of the stations had already shut down their analog signals prior to that date, with most of them doing so on the original deadline of February 17.

[@teamseshmason]

Literally this was my worst fear as a child during storms, being struck by lighting that comes through the roof.

[@kathymyers7279]

And it happened to someone else!

[@emsa5034]

ME TOO!! And gas leaks ! Still get a little anxious about those things sometimes lol

[@zophiagrace5253]

Saaame, my mom always told me to stay out of the bath and away from the kitchen, when we’re in a car and there’s rlly bad lightning I keep my hand off anything metal cuz I’m paranoid af😂☠️

[@karensiegel6669]

@@zophiagrace5253 very wise. Vehicles are struck by lightning.

[@Bummer1980]

KekMason I thought that was an old wives tale until I saw this! I legit didn’t think it was true at all.

[@aprilchamberlain1677]

That boy is amazing! Guess my mom is not so paranoid after all, she won't do dishes, take a bath or be on the phone when it's lightning. I always thought she was being a bit paranoid!

[@pegs1659]

Always trust your mom's words lol

[@aprilchamberlain1677]

@@pegs1659 LOL heck yeah!!! I never pay much attention to her but I think I might now! Lol!

[@SusanRogersMakingItWork4Me]

Yep! That's my rule too, now my daughter follows those rules. It's storming, I am away from windows and water. I learned young, lightning hit our house and popped the outside boards off the wall and set it on fire. We were scrambling to get out!

[@racheldoesyoutube1419]

Same. I defintly won’t take a bath

[@aprilchamberlain1677]

@@racheldoesyoutube1419 lol me either!! I have enough health problems I don't need struck by lightning while taking bath as another one!

[@hotfriedgriyoandpeeklees1522]

What a sweet hero. He didn't call Grandma he called 9-1-1! Awesome kid. He gasped and said : crud! Ohhh poor sweetie pie.

[@ryanraich634]

I wish I could watch this video but since there aren’t any captions, I am unable to. Weather Channel please add captions for your hard of hearing and disabled fans so that we can enjoy your content as well

[@Thisplaceisaprison3912]

Ryan Raich you would think they would have them, I rely heavily on cc. It stinks :(

[@991-d7o]

You can turn on captions through KZbin

[@luckyday6721]

9 91 have you tried? They suck!!

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

9 91 The auto generated CC from KZbin isn’t even available on this video, unfortunately.

[@MandaS1986]

Same here. I am deaf can't even watch SMH what a way to lose views.

[@F5Storm1]

I was on my back porch, lightning hit a tree in my back yard, made my left arm tingle for a few minutes

[@_bewitchedbyyaz]

I was once going into my garage to grab soda from the cooler and lighting struck my driveway. I felt that energy go right through me it was crazy

[@F5Storm1]

I chase storms so I'm used to close strikes but that was really close

[@isaacvallestheyoutubevideo5078]

@F5Storm1 June 11th 2009 was my mom's birthday because of these terrible thunderstorms in my neighborhood because when NBC 5 News at 10 p.m started a creepy lightning strike almost hit all of downtown Dallas because I watch WFAA TV ABC channel Dallas Fort Worth's number 1 station because these were rare vivid lightning strikes that was very damn rare because I was concerned about a vivid lightning strike because it was caught on our Reunion Tower cam because it was a frightening scene over downtown Dallas Tower camera because the courtesy of WFAA TV ABC 8 it was caught on their Dallas Tower camera because my house almost struck by frickin lightning because that was the most rare vivid lightning strikes ever in the Dallas Fort Worth metropolitan area so I remember 6/11/2009 about the worst weather in North Texas history so that was bad

[@loversandlosers]

@@isaacvallestheyoutubevideo5078 because

[@lilith573]

12:57 "OOOH, CRUD" such a brave little dude protecting his family

[@cindyhalpern3187]

That 911 operator did not respond fast enough. She makes him repeat and repeat again. He was quite clear what had happened.

[@ID89926]

We had subtitles, she didn’t

[@cellogirl11rw55]

He gave the information to her in a rather confusing, scattered manner, so, she was just trying to piece it together in order to get the right information and get the right services dispatched to the right place. Speaking as someone who has had to call emergency services, the dispatcher will repeat the information back to you or have you repeat it if they can't understand you to make sure they have everything right. This is because there have been instances where services were dispatched to the wrong address due to misunderstandings between the caller and the dispatcher. It's best to take 30 seconds to clarify than to go to the wrong place when someone's life is in danger.

[@MegaCalifornia805]

It’s to keep the caller focused on the call instead of freaking out.

[@TheEllakes]

This happened 10 years ago, dispatchers then didn’t had that much training i guess

[@PatchworkRose567]

He was panicking and she was probably trying to piece together the seemingly impossible situation of a woman getting struck by lightning in her own house

[@wilmagregory8967]

What a great kid, I would be proud to call him my son. He was a true hero and helped fast and didn't freeze. 🥇🙋‍♂️

[@eastfrisian_88]

In Germany, all houses must have a lightning conductor system and an appropriate grounding, isn't that common in the US? The boy (now a young man) is a hero, he saved his mother's life!

[@paxwallacejazz]

Ah yeah it was invented by Benjamin Franklin but apearantly it's been forgotten about in Texas

[@RyosukeTakahashiRX7]

Nein, müssen sie nicht. Da ist absolut nichts gesetzlich vorgeschrieben, es sei denn das Haus ist über 20m hoch (also garantiert nicht dein Ottonormalhaus) oder der Kreis verlangt es in seinen Bauvorschriften so was eher die Ausnahme ist. www.t-online.de/heim-garten/bauen/id_57689760/blitzschutz-haus-und-wohnung-vor-blitzen-bei-gewitter-schuetzen.html

[@femkekuiling9972]

Translation: not true, there is no rule like that.

[@SchnauzerWuff]

@@femkekuiling9972 unless the building is 20 metres high

[@jenpw1525]

Even in Canada we have lightening rods. Another thing I noticed is many Us homes don’t have basements. That is just so weird to me.

[@hahadarrie]

How many times did the poor baby need to say his mom got hit/struck by lightning.

[@hotfriedgriyoandpeeklees1522]

Ok I thought I was being a jerk. He is speaking clearly......he is upset but still holding it together.

[@chasitycobble1740]

Geez I know.

[@serenapost8791]

We had captions to see what the little boy was saying. The dispatcher did not. There is a reason for what they do even if she did understand him

[@lanaelewis4942]

Also by having him repeatedly state it over and over keeps him calmer, gives him something to focus on rather than what he might be seeing. There is method to the madness.

[@Headspace101]

I know, he’s clear and tells her what’s happened more than once. I felt like screaming to the bloody woman on the phone to ‘clean your bloody ears out!!’

[@mccarthykane3960]

When we were kids and it stormed, we had to unplug the phone and the TV and sit in a windowless room until the storm was over. It was pretty miserable but safer.

[@cecyliagebska480]

Same XD I remember one time the storm was comming, so I called my mom to tell her to turn off her phone and go back home

[@dellajoycebairdmoses7890]

When I was a little girl my mama was terrified of lightning. She'd cover all of our windows with blankets and make a pallet in the middle of the livingroom floor. Then all four of us kids would be made to lay down with her and we'd cuddle until it was over. I've always liked the lightning during the storms. It's beautiful but it can be terrifyingly deadly. 🤔

[@HeavyMetalKittenx]

McCarthy Kane same

[@paulpierce6165]

Della Joyce Baird Moses dang she went a bit too overprotective

[@dellajoycebairdmoses7890]

@@paulpierce6165 My mother thought that if it frightened her so much, that we were frightened too. She was only 15 when she got married and a very young mother. She was a very protective person who loved us very dearly. I was born with apnea and everytime I slept I'd stop breathing. She'd sit by my crib and shake me with her hand to get me to breathe again. She didn't want me to die from SIDS. She was only 16 when I was born and she took her motherly love very seriously! Unfortunately I couldn't save her, as she died unexpectedly at 32 yrs old. ❤🙏🕊

[@julieclemons6701]

So, Tristan is 19 now! Wondering what he's studying in college? (Meteorology? Neurosurgeon?) Any updates on this family?

[@NutsItsBerserkinTime]

He is 20 now and is studying criminal justice mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/971395778181828609

[@vivians9392]

He is a great looking guy, and super smart, too.

[@julieclemons6701]

@@NutsItsBerserkinTime THANK YOU FOR THE FOLLOW-UP, AND CONGRATULATIONS TRISTAN! God bless you always!

[@camerrill]

@@NutsItsBerserkinTime Well, he has already saved lives, maintained order, and faced down evil which committed assault with intent to kill. He has my trust.

[@MsNoPixel]

What an amazing 9 year old! Good on his mom for teaching him all the important stuff aka who to call, her age, the babies age, medical stuff, how to keep calm, etc. etc. I am truly impressed!

[@wadewilson8011]

Not so sure it was his mom who taught him "ALL" of that. Probably most of it, but some was probably from school or other trusted adults. The reason I said that is she kinda panicked (understanding) told him to call his grandmother rather than 911. I'd imagine the reason for doing that was to make her mom aware of the situation (an adult) to handle things, come over & take care of the kids, call 911, etc. However, He took it upon himself to not listen to her and he called 911 instead. Which saved her life. HE knew that calling 911 immediately was the right thing to do. So it goes back to what I was saying. If SHE taught him all those things herself, it's MORE THAN LIKELY (I didn't say guaranteed) she would've told him to go ahead and call 911. Because she's already made him aware what to do in an emergency. I just feel like he's a very perceptive and observant kid and picks things up very easily.

[@gailgregory95]

So true stay away from any water windows in the house . When I was young we had lightning come through a window and hit the tv. I have been scared of it since then.

[@alexie832]

How is that possible!? I thought you're suppose to be safe in your own home! *shows how it happens* Oh that explains it. Moral of the story: Do not touch anything that can conduct electricity during a thunderstorm.

[@Geoffr524]

Having lightning rods, at every home, should be mandatory, since there were a lack of tall trees, and the roofs, were high off the ground.

[@vivians9392]

Mom used to have us unplug all appliances and lamps when these came through. We live in Texas, too. Bad electrical storms spring & summer. I actually witnessed lightening that struck our TV antenna on the roof and traveled down the antenna wire to hit the TV. I was 9, and sitting on the floor a few feet away. SCARY.

[@sockshandle]

@@Geoffr524 in my area there are quite a few trees (not to mention an electrical substation) and the only time my house was hit was through the landline phone (my mom who was not on the phone was looking outside the front door and she got hit) a lightning rod would not have helped

[@20PINKluvr]

Tristan is not only very smart but he is really strong to keep his composure like that!!! Hes been raised right

[@brentboswell1294]

I remember being home alone when I was about 10 years old, in Texas, and witnessing a bolt of lightning splitting my favorite climbing tree (a willow) in half from the kitchen of my parents' house...scary loud!

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Brent Boswell wow, even imagining that gave me goosebumps. It must have been incredible (and terrifying!) to actually see. That’s like a scene out of a movie! 🌩 😱

[@Kim-Unearthed]

I've now had 4 very close encounters with lightning (also live in Texas); 2 of which happened during my youngest pregnancy with my youngest daughter and I felt the strikes coming long before they happened. First time I was about preteen age and standing at a screen door wanting to dance in the rain because there wasn't any sign of lightning or thunder. Was told no right before a bolt hits a tree 30 feet away. The 2nd time was during my pregnancy 13 years ago and I had told my husband while we were a few blocks from home visiting a friend that I didn't feel right and needed to go home. After pulling into the driveway and our kids making it inside the house, I refused to get out of the truck and screamed at my husband as he was walking back to the truck from the house that something bad was going to happen and as soon as he reached to open the truck door to talk to me a bright flash and deafening clap went off over us somewhere that produced so much electricity he saw electricity hit his fingertips from the truck door. The 3rd time was 2 weeks later and I got that feeling of doom again while still pregnant and driving with my 3 year old in the backseat and suddenly while at a red light I saw 2 bolts come down just a couple yards to each side of my vehicle, again that deafening clap of thunder that always comes simultaneously when it hits so close. The 4th time (which I actually have the picture of from a resident who just happened to be taking pictures in our direction of the huge lightning storm on the other side of our small town) a bolt hit a light pole a few houses down, blew the concrete out of the ground from the pole to partway up a neighbor's driveway, traveled through to their house, blew up their water heater and started their home on fire. I happened to be awake when it hit in the middle of the night and somehow my entire household slept through the whole thing, including all the fire department showing up on our cul de sac despite me walking in and out of the house and talking to fellow neighbors who also heard it. There's kind of a 5th time but I wasn't aware of it (my husband was) so I don't really count it, but another bolt struck the tree in the yard directly across from ours during a storm while I was taking a nap. I don't know if it's typical to have so many encounters like that, especially when we live in a part of Texas that isn't known for constant storms, but it's definitely terrifying to know that this can happen at any point to anyone! As much as I'm in absolute love with thunderstorms, I am always a little on edge in them. Then again, I love that kind of adrenaline 🤦‍♀️🤣

[@kaitlynbesy6093]

This happened to me too! I was laying in my room and the pine tree out side got struck! Wrapped around it like a candy cane... I never ran downstairs so fast in my life.

[@conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059]

Tristan is such an amazing little boy. A true hero. This story should become one of those stories that turns into a nursery rhyme for all of eternity

[@Cersilaria22]

What a bright, lovley little boy, they should be soooo proud of him , xxxx

[@ellenboyle8022]

I was always told to turn everything off don’t be on the phone and stay away from windows when it is lightning

[@Metonymy1979]

The chance of that happening...she should play the lottery

[@NeptuneSega]

Its actually very easy to get hit. Just that most people have common sense to remove themselves from the outside and from water sources/electronics.

[@sweets2thesweetshop]

That's why my grandmother use to tell us when it's storming outside, "find a spot and sit down when the Lord doing his work" 🌩️🌧️

[@Sushi2735]

That precious child! In fact all her babies! What an awesome mom to those children! Happy safe life to you all! Grow and thrive in love!

[@janie88ful]

OUCH, I NEVER THOUGHT THESE WARNINGS FROM MY ELDERS WERE ALL THAT LIKELY. TRISTON ,. IS A HERO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE AND LOVE. WOW.

[@dianewilson2236]

I was struck by lightning, me and my cat. Thank goodness we were not the ground the bolt ended in. The bar refrigerator, and stereo were the ground. We lit up like a florescent light and our muscles gave out, we layed flat on the floor and we could not move for 5-10 min.

[@MommiDonni1]

That is terrifying! Are you and your cat ok now?

[@ynwslay755]

Omg! Are you and your cats ok?

[@Tash-001]

hey lady, what about the cat

[@ynwslay755]

@@Tash-001 I love your username

[@Tash-001]

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[@nolagirl7082]

Y’all did her dirty on the thumbnail pic! You couldn’t find a pic with her eyes open?!

[@christophermattox3972]

That is a blessing from God. Just remember, and this goes for all of us. Stay away from plumbing, electrical appliances, windows and doors. And remember if you are outside, and if you hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. That nine year old hung in there. I bet he is in his 20s by now.

[@CarolReidCA]

If you have some lightning victims that are game, it would be good to do a follow up story on residual effects of lightening strikes on people.

[@katewilson471]

I was struck by lightning as was my 4 month old son. We were inside our home sitting on the couch and my phone was charging touching my lap. I still have heart issues and my son still has burns as do I.

[@mrbuck5059]

I been struck 2 times. Both times on a tower within 8 minutes.

[@Anna_Stetik]

I stayed with my brother for a year in Houston where he lived. I used the same description when experiencing their lighting storms: It was like a strobe light. There is no other way to describe it. I love lightning, but those storms scared me. I grabbed my cat and we sat in the hallway until it was over. The lighting was striking all over the place outside - crazy storms in Texas.

[@hankanderson8633]

SerenityGamesToo yep! That’s exactly what it was like. I was a kid then, so I can really only remember the huge clouds being lit up from each strike. It was so often you could almost draw the clouds from memory. And being a Texan, you get the most spontaneous intense thunder storms. Whew

[@delisadunn9399]

What an awesome kid so glad everyone was ok

[@lilbitofsouthernspirit7788]

I've told my kids their whole lives that lightning can strike like this.

[@aliciatorres6836]

Yes!! My mother always told us to never do the dishes or shower! Now i know that its really not a myth!

[@nakamopapina8889]

After watching this, i'll never doubt the Weather Network again...

[@r50559]

Open my eyes I see my shoes floating across the floor. Ok. Back to sleep

[@crawfishdig]

i am confusion

[@StormChaserMaci.]

Kudos to that young kid!!! He did such a great job helping his mother! He handled it like a pro even though he was clearly freaked out. He absolutely deserved that award.

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

Lightning: I'm gonna get you! Coronavirus: Here's a tissue...

[@juliefeasal8878]

What an awesome young man! True hero!

[@allenmarvets9803]

Her son was a hero and did his best which was great thing to do!

[@stevehardy7241]

God bless that young man. He indeed is a hero.

[@chrisshowering7357]

He was a hero bless him I would have crapped my pants

[@itsjp6371]

Nice of you KZbin to have this in my recommendation, now I’m going to be paranoid during thunderstorms. 😐

[@spiderweb1298]

Quick way to avoid this is to put in a grounded lightning rod if you don't have big trees uncomfortable close by.

[@bakarangerpinku]

Don’t worry. God always has the final say in whether you live or die.

[@ninaorozco2115]

Once, while cleaning the stable, lightning entered the center of the aisle. I was in the feed room on the side. I felt the static in my body lift my hair and I jumped out of fear. It was wild. I was around 16 years old😂...

[@tishbowman2990]

As a child growing up we were always told that when there was a lightning storm to stay away from windows. Don't wash dishes. Take a shower or bath. Or touch any metal in the house. There were five of us kids and we would all just climb up in a bed and stay there until the storm was over! Thank God she came through it and the baby wasn't struck!

[@Alex-wn6mp]

Little extreme, but definitely dont take a shower in a thunderstorm

[@tishbowman2990]

@@Alex-wn6mp Their way of controlling 5 kids. Fear always worked! The bed was our idea of not taking a chance! It ended up in wrestling matches and screaming until we were told it was safe! Lol

[@marksark1119]

Most homes have their circuit breaker box, in the old days it was the fuse box, grounded to the water pipes. Any activity dealing with water should be suspended during electrical storms. Also, stay away from windows. If you still use a landline in your home for calls, suspend using the phone as lightening can come through the receiver.

[@Oliveea]

MarksArk 1 I work with a girl who got struck by lightning through the phone

[@ginac733]

MarksArk 1 i heard that using a hand set no cord land line was safe, saw landline pictures of blown up phones once, from lightning hitting.

[@marksark1119]

@@ginac733 I would think in the instance you describe that the strike would blow out the charger/cradle.

[@ginac733]

MarksArk 1 yeah, true it would. Didn't think of the cradle. ;( That's ok, i don't talk on the phone much. ;)

[@marksark1119]

@@ginac733 Heard that. Neither do I.☎️🚫

[@derekwall200]

another thing about electricity, it's not just the volts and amps that kill you, it also comes down to whether or not you complete the circuit allowing the current to pass through your heart (which can kill you). and i have heard about lightning strike victims having their nervous system all messed up, like whatever things they touch that are hot would feel ice cold, and whatever would be cold would be piping hot. also strike victims experience weird twitches they cannot explain and other things related to the nerves that probably got fried

[@CarolReidCA]

Yes, I wonder how she's doing today, a tad over 10 years later. There are nerve disorders, like CRPS aka RSD that have similar, if not the same symptoms... Nerve damage can cause some pretty strange, and very painful problems.

[@theastro65]

"i'm kind of nervous here!" I WOULD BE POOPING MY PANTS-

[@anniemarie4120]

Such a sweet, sweet, smart boy!

[@allenmarvets9803]

Thank God there all ok

[@lynnestpierre4928]

What an amazing child. He really is a hero.

[@junaidgt90]

5 mins of actual story and the rest cinematic drama injected by this channel stretching it to 22:08 mins. Very brave kid i must admit.

[@randygreen8916]

Smart young man, did all the right things and helped save his mom.

[@magazineart4675]

Being a mother myself..this had me in tears.

[@ShiningSilvally]

Tristan Coxwell, if I were able to meet you, I'd give you my admiration for showing such integrity to the safety of your mother. 🫡 Well done, young man.

[@Bummer1980]

Wow! That’s crazy! Her son was so calm and did such a great job relaying info at such a young age.

[@jayasmrmore3687]

Tristan is a hero. Not all heroes wear capes. He knew he could not do anything for his mother so it was a very smart move to call 911.

[@hazelkagey6739]

What a blessed miracle that young mother lived and words cannot express the swift action of Tristen in a moment of dire need, the young man was not only brave but his love for their mother was first and foremost on his mind. We need more strong young men like Tristen running the world! I feel safe knowing the generation coming up will have him as one of their leaders! Kudos Tristen!

[@rebeccapridgen6399]

I'm no crying... that kid just stole my heart!

[@mikejohn1202]

Unplug all electronics and appliances, stay away from trees, metal and heat ducts. I've been in houses under construction and watched lightening go speedily like cobwebs along furnace ducts and down to the ground.

[@treefiddy5000]

Furnace duct? Can you explain what that it is, sorry. Is that the vents in the ceiling where the a/c & heat comes through/out in every room?

[@mikejohn1202]

Yes, these days both electrical heat and air conditioning normally share the same ducts to enable heat or cool air to all rooms. It's not well known but heating technicians and plumbers sometimes ground a furnace or water heater to the basement floors. Mostly because it's easy to do. With plumbing in private residences (new const) being plastic (Pex tubing) these days it doesn't matter.

[@shirleyshipman-johnson4592]

My great grandmother was sitting at her table eating lunch after church one Sunday afternoon. My great grandfather and their ten children were all at the same table. Lighting struck their home came through the ceiling hit her went through the floor and killed the family dog. She was killed also. This was in the very early 1900s. It’s so sad that she died leaving all the children but the way she died. All her family sitting their and seeing it all.

[@DurellSmith]

This episode just started and for her to be talking and being interviewed, she's a miracle!

[@RebeccaMorningstar]

Some lightning safety tips for both your body and property: 1. Lightning striking the ground near a septic tank can cause methane gas to ignite and send a fireball up through the plumbing and destroy your toilet. You do not want to be taking a shit while this happens. 2. If a metal air vent is above a toilet or on the ground nearby a toilet, lightning can travel through the ventilation and exit via the metal air vent and destroy a toilet. You do not want to be taking a shit OR pissing while this happens. You can find photos of toilets destroyed in this manner, as well as through septic tank gas ignition, online. 3. Don't use the fucking sink or shower while a storm is nearby. 4. Unplug your electronics. A surge protector is not adequate to protect against a lightning striking your home or a power line nearby a home. Surge protectors at best are designed to handle 2000-3000ish joules of energy, and the average consumer surge protector is designed for MUCH less. A lightning strike can deliver 10 BILLION joules of energy. If even as little as 0.0004% of a lightning strike's energy is delivered into your home's electrical wiring, that's 4000 joules and surpasses what a high grade surge protector or UPS can handle.

[@TheGoodandBadJuju]

Such a brave big boy. 💕💕💕

[@immonienarcisse4129]

“ That’s a lot of kids “ 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chaseedwardsedwards540]

Thats why for saftey reasons during a severe weather event ( especially thunderstorms ) DONT 1) Wash dishes 2) take a shower 3) Avoid using or being close to large appliances 4) Avoid using a land line telephone ( except a cell phone )

[@VerityPeachArt]

This happened to me this summer too😭 I was on the phone with my grandma near my window and the lighting came through my window . Luckily I moved my body quickly and it only hit my arm 😭 my room was filled with smoke and it was so traumatizing 😭 I had to wear a wrap on my arm for many weeks 😭 I'm glad this lady is okay ❤️

[@kellylyncottrell6191]

You are so strong! Glad you're alright.

[@strangeperson700]

Was the window open or closed!?

[@karlasoraya2175]

I’m glad you’re ok, you have a lot kids!! (lol )and they need you.You’re a very lucky woman. And your son is so smart and sweet.

[@JaylenPotts-zs2qw]

This was very powerful and spiritual. That young man was very special.

[@Geoffr524]

Isn't there still a requirement, for Lightning Rods, at each house, that is well grounded, to the Earth? Especially, since there were no tall trees around, and it was an open field, of tall houses.

[@tishbowman2990]

I have a lot of fields around my house. My house is grounded through a metal rod in the ground. Seeing this I'm truly thankful for it!

[@jessicamariesmith9847]

Geoffr524 that’s a very good question. I need to find out the answer to.

[@cnoevil5600]

My great aunt would tell us to sit ,be still, be quite while God is doing his work. All the mirrors had to be covered and nothing in your hands.

[@gorenchick]

When my mom was a teenager in the mid fifties. One of her dad's cousins was a carpenter. He and his brother were working in a house and the house was struck by lightening. He was killed instantly and his brother was thrown thru a wall but he survived. One of my grandparents neighbors was struck by lightening and killed while talking on the phone to her husband. That was back in the day of landlines.

[@CarolReidCA]

Kids are smarter & FAR more resourceful than you'd ever think! Great job! I'm so glad your mom's OK!

[@Christina_320]

Carol Reid Well...Some of them.

[@paxwallacejazz]

Ah lightening rod all houses are supposed to have them...

[@ginac733]

paxwallacejazz oh, yeah!! I forgot, i have one. Thanks, I feel safer now! ;)❤

[@benjaminsorenson]

No, not all houses aren't supposed to have one. If that were true, there would be a federal mandate.

[@brianthesnail3815]

My mother was stood near the cooker in our kitchen when I was a child. She turned away from the cooker and looked back and the whole cooker was glowing blue and never worked again. A lightening storm outside had basically sent a bolt of lightening into the house and if she had been near the cooker she would have been hurt. Some years later I was also hit by lightening in a farm building. The entire farm we lived on was surrounded by a bend in the river which meant that storms tracked around it along the river so we got a lot of lightening.

[@richardcreaser308]

When I was young my mum would open 2 windows “so the lightning could pass through!” She had some strange, mythical ideas passed on to her from her mum. My mum told me that as a young woman, she was driving a tractor, when a thunderstorm started. She was wearing a head scarf, held in place by metal hair grips. Her hair at the front wasn’t covered by the head scarf. She said that she got a sensation of someone running their fingers through her exposed hair. The vertical tractor exhaust was struck by lightning. When she got home & removed her headscarf, the hair that had been exposed fell out.

[@kellylyncottrell6191]

I cried the whole time.

[@daviddonaghy7568]

I've been hit by lightning twice. One time I was sound asleep in bed and lightning hit in my back yard. It traveled through the home wiring and out the wall socket into my arm. Not a great way to wake up.

[@ncredbird3998]

As a mother myself this breaks my heart and makes me SOOOOO proud of this young man. He was such a brave and strong little fella. He took charge , knowing to call for help over his mamaw and taking care of all his siblings, just amazing. I know his family is so very proud of him. I so thankful mom and kids are OK and made it through this. I know as a nurse what this food to her body and the healing can take years, and possibly always have problems from this but at least she is alive to be with her family and mama to those kids.... And lawd. ...i can't imagine having six children. I hand three and they wear me out. Lol. Way to go Tristan!!!!

[@sillycrow3834]

Tristan...what a wonderful little man 🤗 ! A true hero!

[@sammylacks4937]

That was an excellent explanation of how an electric charge is generated within a storm and how it s discarged to ground. So glad everyone was OK. That little fella was very brave and handled that situation like a man. So proud of him.

[@hopesalive6660]

What an amazing young man you are, Tristan! You deserve a medal for bravery and quick action. You took care of everyone that day!! I am impressed.

[@B_Rh_Neg]

I know this pain too well !! I survived a indirect lightning strike when I was 15 years old, was camping with my family and heard thunder and ran to camper and soon as I grabbed the door handle it struck the camper went threw me thankfully had 1 foot on the step and the other on the ground so I grounded myself , a matter of milliseconds my life could’ve been forever changed or worse !

[@giaa.7349]

15:00 amazing little man! He saved his momma and little sis ❤️❤️❤️

[@TrishasCrazyLife]

They definitely should have blurred her address when they showed her house

[@charliecharlton9782]

I know a case where an entire bathroom was split apart by lightning so heed the old wives tales not to bath during thunderstorms.

[@minervarosillo7269]

Bonnie Gates where am I suppose to potty 🚽 🥺

[@EndohMiharu]

I've experienced a shock in the bath while there was a thunderstorm. I had my hands under the heavy water stream running out of the bath faucet and felt a shock. Luckily it only felt like a shock and nothing happened.

[@Headspace101]

I’ve never heard that. When I was a kid I was petrified of thunder storms but now I love them. It’s quite unnerving though to think this can happen and how many people are actually killed each year by lightning 😱

[@bloodrainna]

I got truck by lightning when I was 8 in a porch swing. But it runs in my family to be struck . My grand father an his brother, an uncle on my grandmothers side. I can feel when lightning is coming! If its going to strike near me the hair on my neck an arms will stand up! I couldn’t ware a watch until in well into my 20s it would run backwards or just quit. I still have high electricity in my body an I’m 56. I had static in my hair in my mid 20s.

[@Cersilaria22]

Thats crazy hun, hope your all ok, im petrified of lightning and fire, i have always felt that way dont know why though xxxx

[@bloodrainna]

Jemma Farrar that fear may save ur life one day! It could be like a premonition to warn you! I have a lot of weird stuff caused from the strike! I’m super sensitive to sound. Curtain tones really irritate me bad. I’m hypersensitive to to earth movement,like when we had the eclipse it literally made me sick,An it felt as though gravity was stronger,it’s almost as though I could feel every energy in the air an vibrations in the earth. I felt like my entire body was super charged! The day before an earthquake( an we rarely have them) I lost my balance an felt nauseous.

[@nreynolds75243]

Sometimes we think the things old people say or do makes no sense or they are crazy. I remember growing up my great-grandmother and grandmother would turn off everything in the house. They'll tell you to stay off the phone (land-lines at the time) lightning can travel thru the lines, don't bathe while it's storming (metal piping and water - both a good conductor of electricity) and don't go in the kitchen (metal in the kitchen- draws lightening). Sit still and let the Lord do his work. :) They would turn off ceiling fans, a/c, tv. We would be complaining because we would be sweating. My grand parents would look at us and tell us to be quiet and sit still until the storm passes. There was wisdom in what they did. They may not have been the most educated generation as far as schooling but they had the most wisdom and common sense. I do the same thing they've taught me when it storms with my family. Thanks GRAND PARENTS!

[@thechadalorian2866]

We all gonna ignore the thumbnail?

[@lotus8285]

Little man jumped right into action💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@robynalice879]

_LITTLE DUDE IS SO SWEET, I HAVE CHILLS. KUDOS KIDDO_ 💖💖💖

[@DanTheMan1985ful]

Well let this video serve as a lesson to those that live in areas where lightning strikes ARE COMMON... Case in point; The Central Plains... And to those that are afraid of lightning penetrating through the roofs of their homes... IT WOULD BE WISE TO INVEST IN LIGHTNING RODS (OR IN THE UK LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS) AND HAVE THEM INSTALLED ALL AROUND THE ROOF. I'M ONLY SAYING THIS JUST FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS INSIDE YOUR HOUSE AS WELL AS FOR THE STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRICAL INTEGRITY OF YOUR HOME AND ITS CONTENTS.

[@richarddeboer8934]

Great boy to safe his mom and brothers sisters real smart person 👍👍👍

[@janjohnsonamarillas3386]

What a brave little man , bless his heart !

[@laurasimpson7211]

I was upstairs with my 2 Golden Retrievers when lightening struck my attic about 3 feet from were I was sitting! When it struck, it sounded like a bomb going off! My body was tingling all over and for a few seconds I could not hear! House caught fire in attic and I grabbed my purse and got my dogs on leash and put them in my Car and backed out of the drive way, then called 911! My Cockatiels were still in the house! It seemed forever to get my birds out of the house. But they were fine! It was pouring down rain and freezing cold! God was for sure with us! I am so scared now of storms! My Goldens were never scared of noises, but now they are so scared of storms or fireworks! It is so terrifying!!

[@princessbell2530]

Oh great. A video of one of my irrational fears coming true. This should be helpful. (Sarcasm)

[@sassylady2001]

Terrific that the mother fared so well - and had a hero beside her when she needed help.