I lived in Tampa Bay, Florida for 6 months or so. They say it is the lightning capital of the world, I don't know, but there was an awful lot. I loved it!
This is not Tampa, but you get the picture:
(from APOD)
More like this
I got a late start this morning, and had to run some errands today, but I would be remiss if I didn't post something to commemorate the wackiness in the Tampa subregional of the NCAA To
An
article in Forbes documents exorbitant commuter costs in some
communities. In and around Houston, for example, the average
commuter spends 20% of their household income on commuting.
Much ink is starting to get spilt about Storm World. Arguably the book's best review yet appears in the LA Times today by Thomas Hayden.
I always found lightning strangely invigorating.
Central Africa has the highest lightning rate, although Florida is highest for the U.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning#Records_and_locations
Well, when you live there, the US is the whole world! Thanks for the info.
"Well, when you live there, the US is the whole world! Thanks for the info. "
Never a truer word spoken.
Darwin is a nice place to be if you like lightning.