On August 14th 2021, I was observing a thunderstorm over Central Florida from what I thought would be the safety of my front door but as I quickly found out, was not the case.

As the storm moved directly overhead, I began to feel a tingling sensation and the hairs on my arms and legs started to stand on end, these are signs that there is an intense electric field developing near you. I recognized what was about to happen but it was far to late to react to it. A bolt of lightning landed across the street from where I was filming. The strike was so close that I felt the ground current run up my legs and through my chest. The closest thing I can describe it to would be getting punched really hard in the chest and legs.

Please don't stand out during a thunderstorm like this, even if you are under a structure like I was here, you can still be hit or shocked by the strike as I learned the hard way.

Ground Current description:
The ground current is the flow of charge through the Earth that spreads out from where the lightning makes contact with the ground.
I was under the assumption that I was safe from it given I was wearing thick boots while standing under a structure but clearly this was not the case.