Nearly 1,500 pulses of lightning recorded off Southern California coast in 5 minutes

[wasupaloopa]

A band of thunderstorms that stretched from southern Kern County past the Channel Islands was producing a dramatic lightning show Tuesday night in the Southern California sky.

In one five-minute stretch alone, shortly after 8 p.m., the National Weather Service recorded 1,489 pulses of lightning off the coast, 231 over Santa Barbara County and 40 in Los Angeles County, said Kathy Hoxsie, a meteorologist with the weather service in Oxnard.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nearly-1500-pulses-of-lightning-recorded-off-southern-california-coast-in-5-minutes/ar-BBUqvHe?ocid=U506DHP


This storm was driving my dogs nuts last night.

We are 9 miles from the coast and lightening over the ocean flashed through our windows and the thunder lasted very long each time.

[Iggo]

1. Quite a few on the coast, too.

[mercuryblues]

2. Isn't that the theory/clue

for "Manifest" Before the people in the plane disappeared there was a heavy lightning storm.

[Hekate]

3. I was too busy consoling my dog, so I only saw a few flashes. There was too much interior reflection

...tho I did try turning off lights in the living room to see if I could see more of the lightning. I had no idea it was such a show.

Poor dog. The double paned windows damp nearly all sound from outside, but from her behavior it seemed like she could hear every rumble of thunder.

[wasupaloopa]

5. I think we live close to each other.

[Hekate]

8. I love the Central Coast

[canetoad]

4. Here's a very cool

Lightning and storm map. Not much happening in the USA right now, but Europe is pretty sparky. Make sure you have strikes and sound turned on.

http://en.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php?map=30

[912gdm]

6. thanks for that site!!!!!!

Ive been looking for one

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. that is cool. thanks!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. I was in a storm like that a couple of years ago, in Nebraska.

I was amazed how the lightning lit up the night landscape. There was not all that much rain, thankfully, as I was driving on I-80.

[lindysalsagal]

9. Maybe the earthquakes, mudslides and brush fires were busy elsewhere.

Honestly, how does anyone buy real estate there???