The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

Tis the season for thunder and lightning rolling out of the mountains and onto the prairie. Farmers always hope that those thunder and lightning storms will come with no hail. Everyone hopes those storms will come with no funnel clouds.

Last week I got to thinking about thunder and lightning storms I have been involved with or heard about. Some are just plain wonderful. Others lead to great tragedies and as a result are nightmares from hell.

I was reading the Media Report last week from the Chouteau County Sheriff’s office. The report said that an automobile had been hit by lightning an...