Lightning does strike twice, he said.
Today we met a man who has survived being struck by lightning -not once, but twice! "The second time it happened," he said, "it was raining, so I was holding an umbrella. There was a sudden flash of light and I felt like I had been thrown in the air... I could smell something like hair being burnt... then I figured out it was MY hair! Luckily I didn't suffer from severe burns - except for a small burn mark on the part of my thumb that was in contact with the umbrella pole."
(I'm not standing next to him on a rainy day, even though he is a very nice person!) ;)