Mother Nature

I have relatives in Southern California and I came across this yesterday...

Strong storms kill 2 in SoCal

"....One of the bolts hit and killed a 40-year-old woman as she was standing under a tree in a Fontana neighborhood, about 50 miles east of Los Angeles.

Police said residents found her face down on the sidewalk after hearing two claps of thunder -- one that killed the woman and another that damaged concrete 25-30 feet away. Her name has not been released.

"She was hit with a very significant jolt of lightning that left a gaping hole in her neck," Fontana police Sgt. Jeff Decker said. "It burned down her body and blew out the bottom of her shoes," Decker said. "Her upper body clothing was blown about 30 feet away from her body."