A 19-year-old managed to expertise a jolt of lightning inside the protection of her dwelling whereas utilizing her cellphone throughout a storm. Lisa Henderson of Russellville, Alabama, says that she was on the machine whereas it was charging through {an electrical} outlet on Sunday. Then the bolt of lightning hit her home.

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She additionally proved that lightning can hit the identical place, or not less than the identical particular person, twice.

Struck by lightning indoors

According to native outlet WHNT News 19, Henderson was on Instagram as her cellphone charged when the strike hit.

“I heard the lightning strike, and then I heard a loud pop, and all I heard was ringing in my ear,” she informed them.

“I felt like stinging and stuff from my fingers to here,” she added, pointing to her proper shoulder, “feels like I stuck a fork in a light socket, after that I couldn’t comprehend things, and I started crying for 5 minutes.”

Her fiancé known as 911, and Henderson had a tough time giving paramedics fundamental details about herself. She has solely fragmented reminiscences of the ambulance trip, however recollects having difficultly together with her title and age.

The hospital launched her on Monday, telling her that she was fortunate the electrical energy didn’t attain her coronary heart.

“Luckily, I thought to throw my phone,” she mentioned. “If I would’ve kept it, I could’ve been electrocuted even more than I was.”

The jury’s out on whether or not Henderson is fortunate or not. The possibilities that lightning will strike any particular person particular person are about one in 1.6 million, however she says it occurred to her as a toddler, as nicely.

“Now my b*tch a** is on news stations”

Henderson had a humorousness concerning the incident, texting electrical puns to her household to interrupt the information.

“Hey, if you want to know how my day went, it was a shocking experience,” she wrote them.

Meanwhile, on her TikTok account (@lisa.henderson46), she posted a photograph of herself within the hospital. The caption reads, “yeah, I got electrocuted and now my b*tch a** is on news stations.”

Over on X, persons are studying an essential lesson—put down your plugged-in electronics when there’s lightning exterior. One person, @ExecutiveJoker, even claimed to have skilled one thing comparable.

“I recently was shocked by lightning as well…” they mentioned.

“I kid you not… I was sitting at my desk and as it struck outside my house. I felt the jolt through my keyboard into my right index finger.”

Others are taking notes with out the private zap to the hand.

“Good lesson … put the damn phone down during lightning,” wrote @SuzieCanuck.

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