When I was a child I used to be afraid of storms, the sound of thunders, but most of all I feared the lightnings.Whenever I heard a thunder and a light like a sword on the sky, I thought that the earth would be split into two. i feared that my house would be destroyed. Fortunately, it never happened. It´s still terrifying for me to see lightnings coming from the sky and almost reaching the ground. I knew sometimes they did so and killed animals and burnt trees.
I do not know how they are produced, I learnt they are dangerous. People can also be sstruck by a lightning. Fortunately, it doesn´t happen so often. It is said that a person who´s been struck by a lightning, his or her hair gets white in some parts. I t is like when people are struck by electricity, as dangerous as that. But is it coincidence or do people attrack lightnings? May be both of them.
I know aterrible case of a young neighbour who went to play football in an open space near the neighbourhood and while they were playing, a terrible storm began with thunders and lightnings, so dangerous that when the group was running to reach the road, a light ssstruck one of the young boys and killed him. The other boys, suffered from pain in their eyes, others were so frightened that didn´t speak for a time.
We are given some recommendations through the media, when a storm breaks such as not being near a tree because they attract lightnings, not to stay near bars or iron things, or never be without clothes. People from older times say that we must cover all the mirrrors at home.
The fear lasts for the time the storm lasts, it gets me stressed and I feel released when there is no sound of thunders or lightnings.