Thunderstorm
Jun 21st, 2008 by John Setzler
I had a baseball game assignment tonight at the Hickory American Legion Fairgrounds. The game was stopped in the fourth inning for lightning, and I had all the photos I needed, so I headed back to the newspaper office. I ran into a nasty storm on my way back. When I got back to the office, I shot this video clip. Be sure to catch the last 20 seconds or so :)
So, you gave up a career as a storm chaser already, eh? ;-) Now that strike was close! There was almost no pause between the lighting and the thunder!
I sat in my garage and watched this storm roll through Charlotte last night. Lots of lighting, but not that much rain. We had enough cloud cover to ensure that the Dish Network reception failed, though. :-)
@Paul: That last strike was about 200 feet away… it hit a pole on the lower end of the parking lot… too close for comfort :)