In Pope v. Goodson, 249 N.C. 690, 107 S.E.2d 524 (1959), the Supreme Court of North Carolina addressed the issue of when suffering a lightning strike is compensable under the Workers' Compensation statutes. Conducting a fairly thorough survey of cases from across the nation, the Court articulated the proper inquiry as follows: "Was the danger to which the employee was subjected one which was incident to the employment, or was it one to which other people, the public generally, in that neighborhood, were subjected?" Id. at 696, 107 S.E.2d at 528.