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Someone called down the stairs last night, saying that the moon was orange. And orange it was, which was more than slightly strange. I couldn’t help but feel that it was more like a sign of Armageddon or something: the first thing to burn was the moon, hanging like a dull sun in the sky.

There have been a lot of stories of lightning in the news recently. When such stories are so dominant, it’s no wonder my mind was somehow filled with dark thoughts when looking at burning moon, rather than comparing it to a Japanese painting or something. This poor woman was struck by a bolt of lightning whilst she was inside her home, simply going about clearing the breakfast table. The bolt, which must have been one very determined bolt, came through the ceiling, bounced off a pan, and “plunged” straight into her chest. Thankfully she’s now okay.

And there’s one here, saying how car exhaust fumes can not only increase lightning strikes, but increases them for miles around. Quite a scary thought.