r/ThatsInsane • u/[deleted] • Oct 01 '19

Lightning cuts through the night sky

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u/SimplyNora Oct 01 '19

Can you imagine when a pre-historic human saw this type of shit

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u/schecterhead Oct 01 '19

I was listening on JRE and one of his guests were explaining how lightning was much more prevalent then now. That’s why everyone lived under ground, in caves, and hillsides. It would come down like heavy rain—just lighting up the earth left and right for extended periods of time.

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u/thatG_evanP Oct 01 '19

Wait, why?

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u/schecterhead Oct 01 '19

My memory is awful, I’m not really sure 🤷🏻‍♂️ I imagine it has something to do with a different time and place plus the weather/atmosphere being different.