This is what it's like when lightning strikes way too close

 By 
Brian Koerber
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Don't mess with Texas. That includes its weather.

A new clip from YouTuber OrangeSoda shows a lightning strike that appears to hit just feet away from the person filming in Cotulla, Texas, a small town located approximately an hour-and-a-half drive southwest of San Antonio.

"God dammit!" the cameraman screams after the lightning hits. He then heads back inside his car, a much safer place to be during a storm.

Violent storms have swept across Texas in the last week, and more severe weather could be on the way this weekend.

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