Quote Originally Posted by Randy Thornton
Saturday, I was teaching a Advanced Nitrox/Deco class in an open water hole in Utah called "The Crater". We were down about 50 feet, when I started hearing rumbling sounds and started seeing what I thought were underwater camera strobes. I started feeling slight tingling on my face, and them I finally realized what was going on. It was pretty scarry and I didn't dare bring the class any shallower until the storm passed. The top of the crater is about 100 feet above ground level and is the highest point around the area. I'm sure the crater was struck several times over about 2 or 3 minutes. With all of this talk lately about lightning strikes, it really had me rattled! I wouldn't choose to dive in a lightning storm on purpose, that's for sure!
Is that the crater at homestead? i got a dive in there a couple of years ago and if i remember right the crater is shaped pretty much like a volcano that you enter from a walking tunnel bored into the side...it certainly seemed to be pretty much "indoors" with only a small opening at the top. Bill Huth