Odds of Dying

The things that could seriously get in the way of your well-being

When lightning struck during a monsoon storm near our home on July 28, 2016. We went out to chase it. My son, Marius Britt, got this photo. Notice the total absence of sharks.

Standing in a thunderstorm with utter glee, I love being pummeled by raindrops the size of crickets and daring God to strike me. I live among rattlesnakes in the Arizona desert, and respect them greatly, but I don’t really fear them so long as I’ve got a good body’s length between us (except that one time when one trapped me in…