Tampa: Lightning Capital of the world

[OptimusKind]

That's every day in the orlando area during summer.

[mud409]

You should try driving through one of these, it's nuts. I had to go through one a few months ago in CFL, and it was like driving through a rave. I should add that the strobe effect was at least 10x faster than this one too; to the point it was slightly stop motion. Pretty much everyone pulled over. Me? I just made the dubstep a little louder, and moved along.

[LionGoddess1]

looks like heat lightning.. it would roar like mad if it was lightning strike related

[ter450]

I live in Tampa-bay area, and love the lightning. Unfortunately, the "Lightning capital of the world" is more of a local claim to fame (and I have no idea where "Ocala" got that name). Tampa to Orlando has the most in US, as many as 50 strikes per square mile per year (about 20 per km²). Kifuka in Congo has, an average of 158 lightning strikes per square kilometre (approx. 0.4 square mile) a year. Almost 8 times as many strikes.

[NomadRip]

@ter450 Yeah, I should have known not to trust the locals here who call it that :-D

[armedturtle]

last night was RIDICULOUS

[NomadRip]

@armedturtle Yeah I thought of making another, but it would have looked the same :-)

[NothingTypical2010]

That is freekie!

[travelingoutskirts]

Our dog "Patience" HATES it :) She got hit by lighting and has doggie panic attacks every time a storm comes! Cool footage

[nickgators]

ocala is number 1 lighting capital but tampa is pretty close

[NomadRip]

I wasn't even in Tampa, I was in St. Pete. But it's easier to say Tampa. And nobody except people from Tampa would know where Ocala is, so I didn't say that.

[nickgators]

ya basicly all of florida is the lightning capital of the world its crazy

[ATwinklingStar]

same thing happened here in Arizona 8-28-08 check it out ...its too freaky ....the sound was loud and the lightening was nonstop