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What I see

There is an approaching storm, I see black clouds that seem quite thick.
I also see the Eiffel Tower, the top is darker than the archway.

What I feel
I feel like this has to be rusty by now, and if it isn't, I want a boat trailer made from the same material.

My story
We could see the Eiffel Tower from our hotel room, it was close. So close that we rented bikes to ride to it. My Dad was not one to ask questions as to how far away it was. This was the 1960s, so there were no cell phones or the internet.

We rode forever, my legs were hurting and I was hungry so we stopped at a roadside diner and got a quick bite. I asked the waitress how much further we had to go. She told me that we were 5 miles from it. I told her where we started and she said we had already gone 5 miles.

I said it looked so close and she told me that on a clear day, you could see it 52 miles away. She also said it was 984′ tall, and 1,083′ to tip. We ate our lunch and since we were halfway there, Dad said we might as well go on. The thought of peddling another 5 miles, then back 10 made me feel like losing my lunch, but I would never tell Dad no, so on we went.

We made it to the Eiffel Tower just as a storm was brewing. Dad said he packed our rain gear and we would be safe under the tower. This scared me because, to me, it looked like a giant lightning rod.

Dad then told me about a Faraday cage and a Faraday shield, A Faraday cage is an enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields. A Faraday shield may be formed by a continuous covering of conductive material, he said we will be safe under it. Never to doubt my father, I took his hand and we sat under the Eiffel Tower in one of the most beautiful thunderstorms to have ever been seen.

You can read about lightning and the Eiffel Tower here.
https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news/history-and-culture/lightning-and-eiffel-tower