From Virginia-A Richmond church was struck by lightning during a brief but powerful thunderstorm early Friday afternoon.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 800 N. A St. in Richmond, sustained damage to its bell tower when lightning struck a corner of the tower and sent bricks flying down across the sidewalk and North A Street.
“I’ve been close to lightning strikes before, but nothing like this. It was a flash and boom at the same time,” said George Eastman, the Junior Warden of the Vestry at the church.
“We had people there for the U.S. 40 Yard Sale, and it had started to rain so we just had people from the church who were helping. No one was looking at anything because of the rain. So a few of us were sitting right inside the door when it happened.”
Eastman said the next thing everyone saw was a storm of bricks raining down on the street, sidewalk and church lawn.
“It scared all of us, but fortunately, no one was injured and the damage was limited,” Eastman said. “There was a vendor outside, and it did quite a bit of damage to his awning and his trailer.”
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