Your Hair Standing Up in a Storm Means You Could Be Moments Away From Death

If your hair starts standing up during a thunderstorm, you better run for cover fast. That strange feeling means lightning is getting ready to strike where you stand.

There's this viral video from a few years back showing some girl and her friends just hanging around a parking lot when suddenly their hair goes nuts. They're all laughing about it, but they came within seconds of getting zapped by lightning. The bolt hit but missed the ground - pure luck.

What's going on is static electricity building up like crazy right before lightning strikes. The storm clouds send down negative charges while positive charges jump up from the ground, including  through people standing around like sitting ducks.

Weather service people don't take this lightly - they say if you're not inside a building or car when this happens, you're not safe.

Social Media Shows People Being Careless