Insane lightning storm 6/4/09

Old Jun 4, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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Insane lightning storm 6/4/09

So, was anyone else awake for the massive storm this morning? The first few thunderclaps really caught me off guard. I went outside to take a look and see if I could catch some strikes on video, but I changed my mind when I realized I was standing between a light pole and a large tree and the storm was getting closer.

The lightning was really frequent - it seemed like the sky was lighting up every 5 seconds or so. An article I read said we had more than 1000 lightning strikes.
Old Jun 4, 2009 | 11:46 PM
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i saw some lightning on....tuesday night. it was pretty fun to see. hadn't seen lightning in a while, it feels like
Old Jun 5, 2009 | 06:55 AM
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Ya those are pretty cool. They're hella cool out here in TX too. We'll see them in the distance and its non-stop at times.
Old Jun 5, 2009 | 09:13 AM
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so cal peeps died on wednessday from this
Old Jun 5, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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Some cities above Sacramento registered over 700 lighting strikes in one hour. I did wake up and watch it. Mostly cause the thunder woke me up. It was at 1:30am here in Tracy when a cell hit here. The thunder mostly rolled for days. A few loud claps, but the lighting was crazy. Being from back east I know thunder and lighting storms, this one's lighting was the craziest I've seen.
Old Jun 5, 2009 | 06:13 PM
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yeah, i was in davis when i heard the thunderstorm. i went out the window and watched the lightning flash and our power go out. hahaha.
Old Jun 5, 2009 | 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by sigma pi
so cal peeps died on wednessday from this
i was down there when the storm passed through, hail, rain, thunder storms

a great way to ruin the vacation
Old Jun 6, 2009 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by a.v.e.
i was down there when the storm passed through, hail, rain, thunder storms

a great way to ruin the vacation
yeah sorry

the one time it rains all summer

go buy a lotto ticket now!!!
Old Jun 6, 2009 | 09:58 AM
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yea that was so crazy! I cant really remember anything like this in my life. It was something straight out of a movie it seemed like.

For a solid 45mins every 3 seconds there was a flash, then crazy hard rain out of no where. Then it all stopped for a few hours and started up again late at night.

These are the vids i found on youtube in the Sac area... ive gotta few on my moms camera cuz i was at their place the first tiem it started up (ill try to get those vids up cuz they are much better than these youtube ones)



Old Jun 6, 2009 | 10:26 AM
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I was at sac raceway when it happened. Pretty crazy everyone was racing down the track and there view in front of them was lightning. It ended at 8.30 when the rain finally hit.
Old Jun 6, 2009 | 10:56 AM
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Sac lightning was pretty insane. Every 2 seconds it was flashin' and the rumble was pretty close to where I was in south sac.
Old Jun 6, 2009 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by sigma pi
yeah sorry

the one time it rains all summer

go buy a lotto ticket now!!!
ya, i was talking to one of the shuttle drivers and one of the students at ucsd and they mentioned it only rains around this time, other then that, its sunny and warm. out of all the weeks, had to be the one week i went down there. lolz

other then that, the weather was warm and nice.
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