Russell County resident, Stephanie Culberson. While Stephanie is no stranger to severe weather conditions, no amount of planning could have prepared her for what happened next.
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One couple affected by the severe weather experienced something incredibly rare and scary.
Lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun. It strikes 8.6 million times a day and is one of the most powerful forces nature has to offer. This past week, one Arkansas farmer had a close encounter with lightning, one that was caught on camera.
Clay Smith lives and farms in northeast Arkansas. Storms rolled through on Wednesday morning, and what happened as he was on his front porch is an experience Smith will never forget.he lightning struck a tree in his front yard, and the loud crash clearly startled Smith. It was so loud he knew the lightning was close.
“The lightning rang my ears like a gun going off,” Smith says.
As you can see in the video, Smith hurried to the garage after the lightning struck.
“I can’t believe the Ring camera caught it on video,” Smith says. “The funny thing is my wife was in the living room watching it, too, so we both saw it and got a video.”
Lightning strike close call caught on Ring camera | USA TODAYThe past 24 hours have been chaos for the couple. But they still see a silver lining.
“Nothing happened to any of us,” said Corey. “It’s more material stuff, and that’s it. You know, that’s all we can ask for. As long as we’re both healthy and nothing is wrong, we can replace anything.”
“At the end of the day, it puts it into perspective that it could have been a lot worse than what it was,” said Stephanie. “Being that this is the second time, and we are like ‘hey, this is the second time and we’re fine.’ That’s the silver lining. We have each other, and maybe that’s all we need.”
Since the lightning strike, the Culberson’s have been displaced and are staying at a hotel. Although it’s a long road ahead, the couple chooses to have a positive outlook moving forward.
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