LIGHTENING shake?????

Question

2 nights ago there was a thunderstorm.....and we had a lot of people over b/c of a birthday.

so a lot of lights were on all over the house.

All of a sudden...the WHOLE house is shaking like crazy while the lightening struck. it was a shake that could make you fall over.....(my little sister fell over but shes small but yeah) the whole floor was strongly shaking.

I was freaked.

haha even the adults were screaming.

but it lasted for about 5 seconds.

but why does that happen??

someone told me it happened b/c the lights were on in my house.

is that true?

Answer 1

Most of that depends on how near the lightning is. Lightning  creates so much heat that the air actually explodes.

Answer 2

no.  We have a lot of thunderstorm (crazy lightnings too) but our house never shook like that.  Could it be that you have a minor earthquake?   -- just like an after shock or something.  Why not go on the internet and check if you did have an earthquake because I have seen a lightning struck near our house and I can honestly say there was no "shaking" and all of the lights in our house was turned on.l

Answer 3

wow

Answer 4

I dont think so..