I had to be careful not to spit out my water reading these fails, and I have one myself to share.
I'm currently playing a legacy save wherein the father married his college friend (this was a backstory I wrote up on the Household Info panel since this was before Discover University was announced). After winning the lottery, the couple moved with their three children (who have all been aged up now to young adults) to the big 64x64 mansion in Brindleton Bay. While I don't consider myself a good builder, I can at least get a grip on setting up rooms and expanding on lots.
Anyway, to make a long story longer, I had purchased the weather changing machine, and the father had earned TheKnack reward trait for completing the Nerd Brain aspiration, so he gave the machine an instant upgrade. That leads us to what happened last night during a playthrough. The weather changing machine is set up on a porch that leads to an addition to the house that I had built. It's a thunderstorm, and the playful independent dog is running about in Brindleton Bay, so in addition to calling him home, I also go to change the current weather. Wouldn't you know it? I forgot there was no roof over the porch, so just as Matty (the father) is about to change the weather... BAM! Lightning strike. Thankfully, the lightning strike didn't kill him, so I opted to just run with it. I just thought it was hilarious that the first time I had a sim get struck by lightning is when they are changing the weather.