Lightning strike survivors describe what 100 million volts feels like

Captured Lightning. Lichtenberg Figure created in acrylic by electron beam from linear accelerator (Wojtek Plonka/shutterstock.com)

A defibrillator delivers up to 1,000 volts. An electric chair, about 2,000. A lightning bolt: 100 million. But because the current races through the body in milliseconds, it often doesn’t kill. What it does instead is strang…