Slog - Comments on Lightning Storm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm Either that or it's the world's biggest photo shoot. I've been watching the flashes for the last five minutes at least--just happened again, did you see that!? It's getting stonger and stronger. If you're on Capitol Hill, look toward the skyline. Best of all, it's silent.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:05:21 -0800 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:36:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by The General I was wondering why my lights kept flickering. Thanks for the heads up.

My rooftop patio sure comes in handy sometimes... nice show. I just hope it stays quiet for my beddy-bye time.

]]> The General http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795818 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795818 Nightlife Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:27:02 -0800 Comment by joshuuuua It's coming in from the north - very dramatic and persistent. The fact that we're not hearing any thunder is strange.

]]> joshuuuua http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795821 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795821 Nightlife Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:47:30 -0800 Comment by Jessica I'm in Issaquah, and it's unreal-- and VERY loud. I've never seen so much lightning, and so close together. Absolutely gorgeous and awe-inspiring.

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795823 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795823 Nightlife Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:50:21 -0800 Comment by wisepunk its starting to get louder in greenlake. Who knew there were this amny late night sloggers?

]]> wisepunk http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795824 Nightlife Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:51:34 -0800 Comment by calvin Lotsa rain and just a little thunder here in W Redmond.

]]> calvin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795827 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795827 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:03:05 -0800 Comment by genevieve Rats, my curtains are drawn so I didn't see anything, but the thunder was cool!

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795828 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795828 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:09:45 -0800 Comment by K X One

You can hear the thunder in Magnolia but it's more than five seconds after the lightning. Rained hard for at least 20 minutes.


]]> K X One http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795829 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795829 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:17:57 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Living here in the Pacific Northwest for four years now, I really only miss three things about Minnesota: my mom, real winters (which we kind of got last year), and thunderstorms. Tonight was a rare gift from the weather gods.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795833 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:27:31 -0800 Comment by kaorin Here in Ballard, it's quite spectacular. Was watching it on top of Queen Anne hill when the clouds decided to drop a shiatload of rain directly on us.

I've not seen something like this in quite a few years...

]]> kaorin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795836 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795836 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:40:31 -0800 Comment by jz wu-tang brought the storm.

]]> jz http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795845 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795845 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:22:36 -0800 Comment by Philthy I'm in Queen Anne. I heard thunder accompany the lightning as I sat outside, it was nice.

]]> Philthy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795848 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795848 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:52:13 -0800 Comment by brandon h #8
Gift, Curse, it's all a matter of perspective. I myself miss the california weather. I'm a pussy, I know.

]]> brandon h http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795851 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795851 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:10:42 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder @8: Yeah, I've spent a fair amount of time in the midwest, and whenever we have a thunderstorm I think about how it pales in comparison to THOSE storms. :)

Fremont had the silent strobe-light thing going on. It was weird. And nice.

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795870 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795870 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:39:21 -0800 Comment by lostboy @12 Hey, to each his own.  I moved to Seattle to get away from California weather.

I'm bummed that I missed such a rare treat, but there was a pretty excellent lightning storm here in Tōkyō a few nights ago, so I can't complain.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795873 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:11:19 -0800 Comment by Katelyn North Capitol Hill got thunder for sure. I was excited at first, then I thought maybe it was just someone moving their garbage cans around outside, and then I realized that it was actually thunder! And I got excited again!

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795877 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795877 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:31:39 -0800 Comment by N in Seattle Mighty insignificant and inconsequential as thunderstorms go, at least to this Northeasterner.

After six-plus years here, I still find it strange (and a bit sad) that even a single flash of lightning merits oohs and aahs in Seattle. I wonder how many days of school kids would miss if we had an actual gully-washer here.

Note also that substituting snow flurry for thunderstorm, flake of snow for flash of lighning, and snowstorm for gully-washer also works.

]]> N in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795879 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795879 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:40:35 -0800 Comment by Just Me From Montana here and I have yet to see anything in Seattle that can be called winter. You guys have this weird extended Fall/Spring that goes on for 8 months. Which is going to be starting in a few more weeks!!!

The lightning was nice until our power went out in Wedgewood last night.

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795880 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795880 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:48:10 -0800 Comment by whoa check out the photo someone posted here.
http://www.westseattleblog.com
UNREAL!!!!

]]> whoa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795881 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:00:02 -0800 Comment by N in Seattle Why "UNREAL"? Enough people point enough cameras at a thunder cloud, and at least one will capture lightning in mid-bolt. Seems very real to me.

Yes, it's quite unusual to have multiple lightning flashes in Seattle. In a place with actual weather, last night's flashes would hardly merit a glance. BFD...

]]> N in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795905 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795905 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:07:22 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder The West Coast south of the PacNW gets many more thunderstorms, but (mostly) silent electric storms are very rare on the West Coast in general, so it's not unwarranted for this to be freaky to those who grew up on the West Coast.

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795912 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795912 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:23:24 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder Oooh, Weather bravado! Throw down. Now we're showin' it off!

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795915 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795915 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:31:19 -0800 Comment by fred N: Step off before I gully wash your asshole inside out.

]]> fred http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795983 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795983 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:37:01 -0800 Comment by S Can anyone explain/provide a link to an explanation on how lightning storms can be silent? I'm from California and don't know anything about weather etc.

]]> S http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795999 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c795999 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:58:06 -0800 Comment by N in Seattle Can anyone explain/provide a link to an explanation on how lightning storms can be silent? I'm from California and don't know anything about weather etc.

Here's the definition of heat lightning from the American Meteorological Society. Basically, it's lightning reflected off distant clouds. Another weather phenomenon that's very well known and unremarkable elsewhere, but amazing to Seattlites.

]]> N in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c796057 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c796057 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:13:46 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale That older, Viet Nam vet guy I worked with when I was but a New England landscaping youth, the guy with the metal plate instead of skull in his forehead, who freaked the fuck out at any sign of lightning and locked himself in the truck and wouldn't come out. Yeah, I thought about him.

Eight pack of ponies for lunch just about every day, too.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c796110 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c796110 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:52:02 -0800 Comment by GW2 Christ. That's what it was?! Here, I was thinking that I had smoked too much green and was experience some serious paranoia.

True story.

]]> GW2 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c796199 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c796199 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:19:13 -0800 Comment by S Thanks, N.

]]> S http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c796561 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/lightning_storm#c796561 Nightlife Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:36:54 -0800