Henry was talking about a mile a minute, describing, as he called it, "the scariest night of my life." (That being said, he did NOT want to come home early today. He actually wanted to stay another night!) Henry was very brave. After the lightning struck, Dave went out and helped with the 2 men and 1 boy that were hurt. (The mens' legs were temporarily numb and paralyzed, and the boy was unresponsive.) Henry stayed in a tent with his good friend, Grant. A few minutes later, one of the other dads brought Grant and Henry to the shelter, where Dave soon joined them. The shelter was actually a public restroom, and after things had calmed down, some of the counselors spread blankets on the floor and the boys actually fell asleep there for a little bit. Henry said it was pretty clean and big, but he was still, as he said, "freaked out" that they slept on a bathroom floor.
When the storm stopped, they went back to their tent, and slept the rest of the night there. Actually, only Henry did, as Dave was dealing with a flooding tent, a mind racing with the possibilities of what could have happened, and an extremely noisy calling bird. Dave figured he might have only slept about 10 minutes. Poor thing!
A sweet, little story...When Dave and Henry were in the tent trying to go to sleep after the storm, Henry said to Dave, "I'm glad that I have such an awesome Dad." Dave replied, "Aww, thanks, Henry. I'm glad that I have such an awesome son!" Henry said, "Thanks, Dad!" Apparently, Dave couldn't resist...He replied, "Oh, no, I'm sorry, I was talking about Seth!" Thankfully, Henry gets his Dad's sense of humor, and they both had a good laugh. :)
Here's a link to an article about the lightning strike:
The Chronicle | Batavia youngster, two adults OK after lightning struck their campground
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