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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 107381" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Well, heck, I'd have been a wreck, too!</p><p>Too bad it's not a longer flight ... can you get the Ativan in tablet form and bite it in half?</p><p></p><p>I was in a plane that was hit by lightning. I was resting my head against the window and had my eyes closed, and the lightning hit the lightning rod on the wing right next to me and I could see the flash through my closed eyelids. It sounded like an explosion and felt like one, too. I thought we'd lost an engine and was all set to take a crash position ... but the stewardess was sitting up front with-a very calm expression on her face. </p><p>At first there was a full min. of total silence. No one moved, spoke, breathed.</p><p>Then people started to get their wits about them (or lose them, as the case may be) and were all nervously peering over the seats to see what the stewardess was doing or saying. </p><p>As I waited for the inevitable nosedive, it didn't happen, except difficult child screamed loudly, "We're all going to die!" I shushed him--he was very upset, understandably, because we still didn't know what was going on. </p><p>Finally the stewardess got the loudspeaker to work, and after several attempts, said, comically, "Can you hear me now?"</p><p>She went on to explain what had happened and that there is a small, vertical lightning rod on ea wing for such an occasion. </p><p>The smell made me nervous ... sort of an electrical burning.</p><p>I needed a really strong glass of wine after I got off that plane!</p><p>I take scrip medications for motion sickness and they make me sleepy, which achieves the same purpose as an anti-anxiety medication.</p><p></p><p>Your chances of crummy landing gear two times in a row are pretty slim. Your chances of sitting on the runway and waiting for takeoff are pretty high, given that it's Christmastime. Sigh.</p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 107381, member: 3419"] Well, heck, I'd have been a wreck, too! Too bad it's not a longer flight ... can you get the Ativan in tablet form and bite it in half? I was in a plane that was hit by lightning. I was resting my head against the window and had my eyes closed, and the lightning hit the lightning rod on the wing right next to me and I could see the flash through my closed eyelids. It sounded like an explosion and felt like one, too. I thought we'd lost an engine and was all set to take a crash position ... but the stewardess was sitting up front with-a very calm expression on her face. At first there was a full min. of total silence. No one moved, spoke, breathed. Then people started to get their wits about them (or lose them, as the case may be) and were all nervously peering over the seats to see what the stewardess was doing or saying. As I waited for the inevitable nosedive, it didn't happen, except difficult child screamed loudly, "We're all going to die!" I shushed him--he was very upset, understandably, because we still didn't know what was going on. Finally the stewardess got the loudspeaker to work, and after several attempts, said, comically, "Can you hear me now?" She went on to explain what had happened and that there is a small, vertical lightning rod on ea wing for such an occasion. The smell made me nervous ... sort of an electrical burning. I needed a really strong glass of wine after I got off that plane! I take scrip medications for motion sickness and they make me sleepy, which achieves the same purpose as an anti-anxiety medication. Your chances of crummy landing gear two times in a row are pretty slim. Your chances of sitting on the runway and waiting for takeoff are pretty high, given that it's Christmastime. Sigh. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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