Countless people have been hit by the force of an electric storm and have survived to tell the tale - with men four times likely to be hit by lightning strikes than women.
From burning billions of volts through your body, to melting clothes and watches into your skin, lightning strikes, if not fatal, can trigger a lifetime of chronic pain - as many survivors have found out.
You have a nine out of ten probability of surviving. But what are the long-term consequences of being subjected to hundreds of millions of volts of electricity?