Welp, 2 of those 200 happened last weekend where my home sailing base is.

Picture a 90 degree day, the sun is out and the wind is out of the North 10-15. It is a Sunday and there are about 20-25 boats on the beach and 50+ people. All of us are drinking and taling about the wedding from the night before and all of the sudden a black/grey cloud comes over. Not big eough to cover the sun, but dark enough to make us wonder. It started sprinkling and we heard some thunder so we all ran for the shelter. Then we saw a flash of lightning hit a cell tower about 3 miles away. BANG! The two boat still on the water hauled butt back to the beach and jet skiers were doing the same.

So we are all watching this unfold... one cloud in a sunny sky is playing havoc with our lake. Then the next thing we knew BAM! a huge crack of lightning followed by the sound of ambulences. A few of us saw the strike which hit 3 miles down the beach. A pair of brothers 17 & 19 got hit. They had just pulled their jet ski up to the shore and were heading for shelter.

All this and the sun never quit shining. Then the cloud just disappeared. Tragic, odd, and also backs up my theory that lightning strikes are completely random and have very little to do with the height of any object. Not one boat was touched.