no he wouldn't get zapped, the powerlines would get "Sanz'd"

We had a crazy gust shoot through here today too.
It was calm and black outside and i was thinking "huh, so much for 20 kts today" not 4 minutes later it was blowing a freaking gale and then it pissed down for about 2 minutes, then it remained nice and windy for the rest of the day.