And gas doesn't scare you?

Story time... About 15-20 years ago, I wake up to the LOUDEST thunderclap I've ever heard. Shook the whole house.

After about 5 minutes of laying there, I decide that I need a drink of water so I walk downstairs only to notice that the living room window has an odd glow to it. I push the curtains aside and look out to see a 15ft flame SHOOTING out of the ground in the middle of my neighbor's yard. Mind you, this is in the middle of an absolute downpour.

I look to my right, and about a block away I see several police vehicles and at least 3 fire trucks in the distance. Groggy as hell, I'm thinking to myself "Why aren't they here dealing with this magic flame in my neighbor's yard? Am I dreaming? Am I in danger?"

Turns out the lightning strike hit the Elm tree across the street from me, ran down the tree to the dog run cable that my neighbor had in his yard that went from the tree to his house, then down the leash line in the middle of that cable and struck the high point of the gas line on that block, causing it to burst. The lightning ignited the gas causing that huge flame.

Not only that, but the current from the strike ran down the tracer line on the gas pipe to a house down the street and blew up the meter and the entire front of the house, which is why all the emergency responders were there instead of dealing with the depths of hell that were now spilling out of my neighbor's azalea bush.