Free Republic

Central Florida still has the most strikes per kilometer, however. A lack of lightning in South Florida and the Panhandle bring Florida’s average down. Florida always had a reputation for having the most lightning strikes — at least until now. Oklahoma has overtaken the Sunshine State with slightly more lightning bolts per square kilometer over the last five years, according to Vaisala, a Finnish environmental monitoring company. The margin between the states was slim. Florida’s 82.8 strikes per kilometer over the last five years barely edged Oklahoma’s 83.4 flashes. Chris Vagasky, a meteorologist with Vaisala, told the Washington Post that...

Bulgarian president calls investigation into lightning-hit home The Bulgarian president has personally asked experts to investigate why a house has been struck by lightning nine separate times and always at the same hour of the day. President Georgi Parvanov said that the house in the southern Bulgarian village of Truncha needed to be looked at after the latest lightning strike this week. The owners of the house, the Cholakov family, have had two lightning conductors installed but the strikes have continued, local daily Monitor reported. Zekir Cholakov said the strikes always come at the same time of the day -...