[fwdude]

Awesome mixed with scary.

[montag813]

Is there a way to harness lightning for power? How many kilowatts or megawatts would be harnessed from a single strike? And could it be easily stored in lithium batteries?

[Magnum44]

[Secret Agent Man]

That one really could have taken someone back to the future, again...

[Sequoyah101]

It went right over my house. I remember it well.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Amazing. It looks to me that it was not just a single bolt. The bolt triggered other bolts in adjacent clouds and that kept triggering other bolts in a long chain reaction. The conditions had to have been right for that initiation process to continue so far.

Groks says the flash lasted almost eight seconds!

[gitmo]

The extreme conditions that spawn them are a reminder of how powerful and dangerous lightning storms can be. In the U.S., lightning kills roughly 20 people each year and injures hundreds more, according to the weather service.

I've known two people who have been struck by lightning. One was a boy in our Boy Scout troop and the other was woman who has been hit twice by lightning. They both told me it really hurts.

[rhinohunter]

Everything’s bigger in TEXAS!

[griffin]

Ludicrous Bolt

[logi_cal869]

I wonder what it is near KC that would generate such a charge...

[tin hat off]

[farm_kid]

Lightning in the side-view mirror.

[minnesota_bound]

There have been reports of people being struck by lightning with clear blue skies all around.