Lightning strikes family’s home and backyard

lightning strikes that light up sky also put people on high alert. a family in mountain shadows is shaken after watching lightning hit their house and a tree last night. krdo newschannel 13’s zach pagano is live in mountain shadows park. zach – lightining can strike just about anywhere. that’s right. no matter where you are if it’s at the park, on a trail or on a mountain if you hear thunder, you need to find shelter. that can also be the case when you are at home – it felt like something had just hit our house a family’s backyard is looking a little bit different today. the lightning hit and there’s a huge hole that took out the dirt, sprayed debris, bark, wood.. all over. jenny cramer was inside her house when lightning struck her backyard. her husband was watching the storm with the kids upstairs. the window got singed so the kids and him witness getting singed, some wood chips flying against that. in typical southern colorado fashion mother nature put on a show. there were 150 lightning strikes within five minutes around colorado springs. that’s a lot. bottom line, wherever you are, when thunder roars, go indoors. that is your safest bet in a thunderstorm situation. but for the cramers… that storm hit a little too close to home. we might have been hanging out of the deck just relaxing and whatnot and instead we were still inside. pieces of the tree are still scattered… a reminder of how dangerous severe weather can be. it makes us a bit nervous having lightning strike in our backyard, but we’ve experienced so many other things in colorado as well that you just kind of know anything can happen here. you really do have to be ready for anything when thunder is roaring. the cramers you really do have to be ready for anything when thunder is roaring. the cramers say they are thankful it took a while to put their kids to bed… because the family might have been outside when the lightning struck. live in colorado springs, zach pagano, krdo newschannel 13.