"In some cases, the damage is immediately apparent. Lightning, in addition to being very bright and very loud, is very hot—the air around it can hit temperatures about five times hotter than the surface of the sun—and so it can singe or burn people." —Jacob Stern for The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/lightning-strike-survivors-body-mind/686057/

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What 100 Million Volts Do to the Body and Mind

The odds of being struck by lightning in America in a given year are one in 1.2 million. How does the experience reorient a person’s sense of chance, of fate?

The Atlantic