God’s Cruelty
From the Palm Beach Post
WEST PALM BEACH — One minute, Harold Bennett, 65, was smiling in the street as a light rain fell. The next, a bolt of lightning dropped from the sky, killing him instantly.Next-door neighbor Judy Thompson saw the electricity pass through her longtime friend’s body.
More local newsThe neighbors had been chatting outside around 6:30 p.m. about the upcoming hurricane season when Bennett, shirtless and in sandals, hiked up his shorts an inch and took three steps toward Thompson.
He was smiling when the sky lit up with electricity.
The lightning bolt struck his head from behind, and yellow sparks formed inside his mouth, Thompson said.
Standing about 25 feet away, Thompson watched in horror as her friend — the most caring and energetic man she’d ever known — died without a word.
He dropped to the ground in front of the house he’d lived in for more than 30 years.
that's how I want to go. No warning, no sign, just instant death.