Lightning struck a flagpole and created an explosion of dirt during a thunderstorm in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, May 7. #flagpole #lightning #oklahoma Security footage from local accounting company F&C CPAs shows the moment that lightning struck flagpole outside their office, sending dirt flying over the sidewalk. “I was at home and was alerted from the alarm system that there was glass shattered at the office,” a company representative told Storyful. “When I looked at the surveillance cameras I just saw the flower bed was destroyed.”