Crazy lighting storm opened up tonight. There was a ton of rain too, but strikes everywhere. I got the HD cam out and aimed it at the broadest area of sky and mother nature obliged with a bolt!




Here is a little addendum to the story of the strike. I got the image of the lighting bolt, but thought it a shame to have it all to myself. Thinking that Rockaway residents might find the lightning photo interesting too, I fired off an e-mail to the editor of our local paper, the venerable Wave. The Wave is New York’s oldest weekly paper and the third longest in print overall. Imagine my surprise when it ended up on the Cover of this week’s edition. Seems to have come out bluer in print, but you can still make the bolt out. The caption reads, “A fast-moving but intense storm moved through the region on Monday night, dropping large hailstones on some parts of Brooklyn and Queens, and lighting up the city like a fireworks display. Wave cartoonist Tom Kerr got this shot at Beach 105 Street from his Dayton Towers apartment."