When Hair Stands Up, Lightning Is Coming
Understanding The Warning Sign: When you notice hair standing straight up on your body or someone near you, this is nature's final alarm before a lightning strike. The electrical charge in the atmosphere has become so intense that it is already affecting the area where you stand. This phenomenon occurs because positive charges are rising from the ground to meet the negative charges in the storm clouds above. Your body has essentially become part of an electrical circuit that is about to complete itself through a lightning bolt. Most people have only seconds to react once they observe this warning signal.