Sunday, August 10, 2014

Northern California Lightning Siege of 2008


"Northern California Lightning Siege: Beginning June 20, 2008 and continuing into the early hours of June 21, severe thunderstorms swept across northern and central California. More than 6000 lightning strikes sparked over 2000 wildfires in 26 counties and eventually burned 1.2 million acres."

From: http://www.mrc.com/history_project/stories/MLC.htm
Picture from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/california-lightning-storm_n_5628881.html

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