Timberline Landscaping - We'll be there in a flash!

18 years old, just out of High School and got a summer job working for Parks and Rec in my hometown in Southwestern Ohio. The boss always told us to get out of the open and into the truck when lightning was happening. So, big storm blew up and we made it to the truck. Next thing you know a massive bolt hit the flagpole, not far from the truck. Thomas and I looked at each other, ears ringing and at that point we decided our day was done. Still remember, crystal clear, 54 years ago.

Manager: "Quit laying down on the job Jim, this trailer ain't going to weld itself"! Jim: "That is precisely what just happened"!!!

They really called a "code brown" after this one.

I was working in florida on a transmission line tower. A strom blew up quick before I could get down. Lightning hit the tower or the static line. I was knocked unconscious, when I came to I was hanging by my harness and lanyard looking down inside the tower at 140 foot. I thought I was falling, scared the shit out of me.

I was worried the bearded guy was going to need CPR.

Long day at work, hun? Nah- it went by in a flash.

man it doesn't even look like the sky is that bad for a lighting strike that's honestly kind of scary.

You think you know how loud thunder is until lightning almost hits you. It's unreal.

Most companies, “walk it off and get back to work you two!”

Man that’s nuts. Hope they were both ok ✅

Not a coincidence that their slogan is "creating a little bit of heaven."

Wife: "How'd everything go at work, today?" Husband: "Y-y-y-you d-d-don't wanna know!"

As someone who has been next to a lightning strike before, twice in fact, it is one of the most harrowing experiences imaginable, at least for the average person. I was lucky I was in a car during both incidents but you can bet I wasn't able to sleep afterwards.

Wow, that took him out fast! It's clear he is in a lot of pain. I'm glad everyone survived without permanent injuries.

Imagine you're peacefully taking a lunch break in an area after long hours of work and then out of nowhere you get struck by lightning

I work on rooftops and my boss always is pushing us to work during storms. I'm paranoid about getting struck by lightning, and after seeing this, I'm convinced my fears are warranted.

Looks like the whole crew bolted. I heard they went on strike after that.

They fired Thor from the job, he wasn't happy...

If that's what it takes for someone to come out and empty the dumpster, alright.

Whoa! Glad to hear those guys were okay. I recall about 20 years ago in Mississippi about a half dozen men working on a water line down in a hole in a ditch, lightning struck something on the hilltop nearby and conducted that bolt down the metal water line to where all those men were working, apparently in knee deep water and it killed every one of them so you don't have to be up high for it to get you, which was probably why they kept on working during the storm thinking they were safe because where they were. So when the lightning starts, I get away from anything conductive!

Wow! That’s crazy! Glad no one was injured. I was working on a new house years ago (I’m an electrician) no power was on yet. Lightning directly hit a tree in the backyard about a hundred feet away. I can’t describe the sound that made, it was so loud. It completely destroyed the tree.

Looked like it hit the tool rack on the truck, partially arced through the safety chains on the trailer and off something near the guys left leg to ground, and the most of it came off the back of the trailer to the ground, blowing up those big chunks of dirt. I'm blaming the emergency blinkers. lol He came pretty close to looking like Wile E. Coyote.

Glad to see everybody was ok. Never seen one so close to humans like that

When you watch at 25% of 25% speed, you get some great sounds for an intro to a metal song.

Anyone else got this in his recommands?

My boss would be like: "WHY are you lying on the ground? Just milking the clock taking a nap..."

Was indoors, but about to step out the backdoor into the yard after a minor thunderstorm rolled through. It had stopped raining; birds starting to sing again. About 30 feet away was a large tree. Well....about the time the bright flash and bang were simultaneous I ducked behind the wooden storm door as I felt stuff bouncing off the door. Yup...lightning had hit the tree, peeling a strip of bark off of it (the bark was hitting the door). Ears ringing but somehow I still heard Mom screaming, as I announced what it was. Tree survived for years after that as well.

Now that was a little too close! I feel for the guy that was touching that trailer!

It hit the truck on the left with the green tarp as well. How incredible.

Had a bolt of lightning strike a tree about 30 feet from my house once, words cannot describe. It blows my mind people have survived it.

why did people dislike this they got what they asked for - *_a lightning strike_*

This video reminds me of the time we were sitting on the patio in Lakewood (Colorado) and watching the lightning strikes over Denver and the airliners making approaches to land at Stapleton airport. Little did we know that lightning can travel several miles - horizontally. We weren't as safe as we thought we were . . . Older and wiser now I stay indoors during storms.

Oh wow you can see it come out of the guy's foot right before he falls down. I bet that hurt a little bit.

"I ever tell you the time i was hit by lightning."

I was standing next to an open window at a friend's house when a tree was struck by lightning maybe 20 feet away? Crazy how loud and scary that is. I can't imagine being outside next to it.

Imagine being in that connex when that hit, glad those two were alright.

I always gtf inside when the first raindrops fall. Lightning strikes most at the front edge of the storm. It can probably strike anywhere, but almost all of those close crashes are gonna' be within a minute of seeing little spots first hit the sidewalk.

Had lightning strikes within 7 feet of me 3 times in my life and so far it's been kind.

If there's a thunderstorm in the area, you can tell that lightning is about to strike real close by. The air starts to smell really REALLY fresh as ozone starts to form. That's where you need to get in a car, or gtfo otherwise.

That day everyone was let off early to go change their pants

Delivering heart stopping results at shockingly low prices.

Lightning struck near me one time and trust me when I say that guy was not overreacting. I'm just glad I was able to get up afterwards.

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When it's not your time it's not your time. Still, YIKES!

That is EXACTLY the reason why I would never want to be outside during a thunderstorm, no matter if its weak one or severe one. Lightning is too unpredictable.

As a Retired Power Company High Voltage Lineman I can say your guys were very lucky. The voltage difference potential between those 2 strikes was probably fatal. I've fought lightning storms for 36 years. I've lost count of how many training courses I've done to educate Firemen, Police and School Children with Arcing Demos. Been in their situation 3 times in my life. Talk about hurtling like hell. (Once while in a tree trimming off branches, once standing on a pole re stringing downed wires, and once while working in a bucket truck tying in a new insulator hot. That Strike hit 4 spans from me!) (Never a direct hit, just having the current bleed off past where I was.) The worst part is the strike is it distrupts a humans natural electrical pulses that fire the heart muscles. So I hope they got checked out with an EKG. And the second worst part is the muscles reacting to the flash, much like a BIG stun gun shock, only bigger voltages, that can tear muscles from their ligaments. And ligaments from bone. Very painfull to recover from. The heart muscles can be damaged and you not even know it for weeks. Been retired 12 years now, and I don't miss having my phone ring at 2 AM calling me out to fight storms. Still cannot sleep trough lightning storms to this day.... And yes, I was the guy who often was called to clear Emergencies responders from our wires, who were hurt by electricity. Antennas falling into power lines, houses collasping on Firemen while the power is still on. Even hot wires down on vehicles with people still inside the vehicles. Or halfway out and dead on the ground. It was a good career, all in all. But I buried 13 Co Workers in those 36 years. Sorry Folks, just took a turn down Nightmare Alley!

Looked like there were actually 2 strikes likely branched from a single bolt. There was one to the right of the trailer and another to the left. Scary stuff. Glad they're ok.

"I think the bolts are under the green tarp, or beside the beige sea can." " Thanks. I see them clearly!"

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Also the loudest sound I have ever heard was a thunder lightening hitting the roof above a hotel lobby awning. I was out smoking a cig watching the rain and then it happened. Words cannot adequately emphasize the sheer awesome violence of the din that ripped through the air at that moment. I have heard all manner of booms. Bombs, Bullets, Artillery, shit falling over that shouldn't in a warehouse. None of them can approach the magnitude of the noise of that thunder.

That was so surprising and unexpected, it turned the man's beard white.

yet every boss be like pffft a lil rain wont kill ya, the lightning isnt even close relaxxx

I've had lightening strike the field while playing football at a rival school and I've never seen my coach run that fast and hop a fence with a true sense of urgency. He resembles the boxer Butter Bean.

Promotion company: So, what kind of commercial are you looking for? Timberline Landscaping: IDK, maybe something quick and full of energy?

i like how the guy in yellow just stands there while his partner is CLEARLY in some kind of pain

"I swear I got it done! If I'm lyin', strike me down right n..."

"creating a little bit of heaven" for that guy he sure got close to it

Once you’ve been close to an actual lightning strike, you’ll roll your eyes at all the “thunder” sound effects in movies and on TV.

I was shocked at the work we did today.

This man joined a very elite group that day. Not many people on the planet "Ride the Lightning" and live to talk about it.

I hope he's OK looks like he was in alot of pain at the end.😶

Oh wow-!!! My late husband had an experience being to close to a lightning strike and he was like 300 lbs & it sent him flying & he was in shock as well. Great capture-!!

God father: I"m gonna blame somebody in this room

wow, looks like every connection in that trailer and pickup just got spot welded

So thankful to God that no one was injured.

I have been hit twice by indirect strikes. One I was towing a aircraft into a hanger for a incoming storm. It hit the tail through the tow bar and into the tug. I remember the smell and my ears rang for a day. One bolt went into the blacktop, ran down the rebar and back out throwing a 4 inch chunk. 2nd time I was sitting in a cargo bin and again, into the tail and popped a few of us. Both times the hair stood up on my arms approx 5 seconds before the strike.

You can see the electricity grounding at the back of his shoes and at the trailer hitch chain touching the ground about a foot behind him. Absolutely crazy.

Lightning: strikes Grey Shirt: assume stunned goat position!

This is no joke. Lived on a lake, twice was next to strikes even though was in the house. One hit the lake and blinded me for a couple minutes. Second one hit a tree, came through the window and straight down the kitchen faucet, then back out the same path. Was standing six feet from it, to this day I hear thunder and refuse to go near the kitchen.

I was working on a golf course in 1995 and a strike hit a tree about 20 yards away from me, every hair on my body stood straight up for about 5 seconds. Ever since then, whenever a thunderstorm passes over, I get a chill up my spine. It's weird because it was so long ago yet I remember every detail of that incident down to the look on my co-workers faces.

Mother Nature called in an airstrike just to remind us who's the boss!

And in a flash, this man now has a white beard for the rest of his life...

Lightning strike: WHOA! 25% speed: Apocalypse noise

I was standing in a garage watching a storm form and lighting hit tree fifteen feet away from me, came thru the roots, hit metal garage building, blew all the PA speakers and made the loudest thunder clap Ive ever heard. Power went out immediately and left me sacred as hell on the dark. Tree burnt down overnight from inside out, a huge oak. I didn’t know that’s what was hit I just saw a huge flash of red and ducked

One of the best lightning strike videos I've seen on KZfaq. What is the object on the truck that the lightning struck? It spun around like a marine radar from the strike! Glad the guys are ok!

I had two experiences with lighting. I got hit by lightning when I was a teenager. I still have a circle scar on the back of my wrist where my wristwatch burned me. A few years, I was driving on a road and passed a point where there were two metal signs - one on each side of the road. At the exact moment I was passing the signs, lightning hit both signs and arced between them. I was instantly blinded but managed to stop without crashing. My vision started coming back after a few minutes. My car had electrical system damage that I had to get repaired.

timberline landscaping was sent a little bit of Heaven!

Was running through a parking lot in a torrential rain storm in my mid teens when a lightning strike came down, I was left flash blind, staggering around deaf and dazed, not sure how close it was, but I'll never forget the sheer wtf of that moment lol.

Took me while to realize that the lightning actually hit the car and went through it and shoot out at the end

I've been zapped by lightning like this. There was a strike on a tree across the road from me while I was barefoot in the rain closing my truck windows after a storm arrived without warning. It felt like every muscle tensed up really hard. My body felt like it was hit by a 120Kg defenceman going at 60Km/hr.

Boss is like"So Rick we need you to come in this weekend."

WOW!! I had a similar close call at a tank farm a few years ago, when facility personnel failed to inform me of a lightning alert. Definitely gave me a good scare! I now use a phone app called "My Lightning Tracker Pro". I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone that regularly works outside, and is able to carry a phone.

That one brother was already on the ground, while he is down there go ahead and Give Thanks to the Lord Jesus your still with us!!😂 Great that y’all are ok!

Gah! I hope there's no long term neurological effects decades from now. That was close!

Man i remember being out on a car lot when a very bad storm blew in and it was like i heard the air or rain sizzle just seconds before lightning hit maybe 15ft away from me! Blinded me for a whole minute!!

Dude had me rolling 😂😆😂😆 with that impact reaction... It's all good... I understand you were shocked.

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I feel that man's pain every morning I get out of bed.

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Glad the fella who fell backwards wasn't badly hurt. It still looks painful.

As I'm watching this, one of my weather apps popped up showing a video of lightning strikes caught on camera lmao. Coincidence, it can be freaky sometimes lol.

Wow that was intense! I hope they're both ok!

Call that 2 Lightning Strikes!! Glad nobody was hurt

Was in a jet plane once when lightening struck it...everything went blinding white for a second and it sounded like a bomb..I practically yelled, "WHAT WAS THAT??!!" and the stewardess was as cool as a cucumber and casually said, "lightening strike."

If you turn up the audio, you can hear him saying, "I swear the fish was THIS big! If I'm lying, may God strike me..."*BOOM*

Whooooa, no point buying any more sweepstakes tickets, you guys have just used up all your luck. Thank goodness you are both ok. Actually, check out from 00:31 onward at 1/4 playback speed, it looks very much like another grounding at the guys shoes. He may have taken a hit to some degree, wow.

Guy by the truck was like “walk it off drama king and get back to work”

The caption at the ending creating a little bit of heaven had me rolling

When you go to get into your pickup and find some bastard has welded all the doors shut.