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Rain delay + lightening in DC, (Original Post)
elleng
Jul 2020
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brokephibroke
(1,884 posts)1. Not surprised
My flight out of DC was delayed by lightening also. (Ivanka trump was across the aisle from me, but that is another story)
BigmanPigman
(52,381 posts)2. And she is still alive,
you are a better person than I am. I would have wanted to jump across the isle and wring that walking Pez-dispenser's neck (and I am a 5'1" pacifist).
brokephibroke
(1,884 posts)4. Secret service was next to and in front of me.
So I was on good behavior.
elleng
(137,048 posts)3. No surprise at all,
it's the season + time of day when such happens in DC, and close enough to rush hour to mess lots of things!