I was about 12 or 13 and lived in Texas at the time. I was at my aunts house and she lived right on a small lake. Probably 100 or so acres. Me and a friend were in a 12 foot john boat on the other side of the lake from my aunts house and the sky started to turn black. Before we had a chance it was upon us and all we had was two paddles to try and out run it. We were paddling so hard I thought my arms were going to fall off but if we stopped the wind would push us backwards. ( had it been calm we would have been up on plane no doubt.) A bolt of lighting hit so close we could feel it in the air. Kind of a static feeling. When we got back my aunt was as glad to see us as we were her but boy did she ever talk bad to us. I learned that day that mother nature can get you in a hurry and you better not tempt her.