Arizona Lightning
Friday, August 29, 2008 | 6:54Last night Phoenix was treated to a lightning show! During the hour that I made the photo below, the weather service counted over 4800 lightning strikes. This is called constant lightning and it’s really really cool. The night sky is just full of flashes and is almost never dark because of it. Take a look at the video I took below from my bedroom window. Also, there’s a photo gallery below for your enjoyment as well. After taking these photos and the video, I ended up losing power (for 5 hours!) because the monsoon that was following this lightning show finally hit. It was what I would imagine a hurricane is like. The wind was blowing and the rain was falling horizontally. Some crazy stuff, but I love Arizona weather!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aaCBIgQWcQ[/youtube]
I don’t think your video was even at the peak of it. Even my two videos were about 5 minutes behind what I think was the most furious burst…
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1862760437296972504
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4145336894257853964