so, what are the chances of getting killed by lightning gone amok? plenty, it seems...69 people dead in maharashtra...one girl with her buddies strolling on chowpatty...must have had paani puri and never thot she'd be blitzed the next second...the rest were mostly poor farmers who had no option but to be out working....

open areas are highly unsafe in thunderstorm-prone areas...not to make light of the deaths that happened,,,but if there was in my neck of the woods, thats where you'd find me...out in the open. yes, maybe its a death wish-self-destruct-mode-what-have-you...but theres something so sexy and wild about storms...nature at her freakiest best...

my mum tells me about how once decades ago, while at work, she saw a lightning ball enter the room she was in with her colleagues, slither through and go through the roof leaving a gaping hole behind!!! oooh...talk about making an entry!

I miss my Discovery Travel n Living....stoopid cablewalah says some glitch at the backend...miss all the fantastic travel, lifestyle, food and makeover stuff on it...mostly miss the armchair travelling to weird lil places of this wonderful planet, we call home... :-(

anyway, tomorrow's another day...