Whoa!!!

"boredalways" (boredalway666) 08/21/2020 at 19:37 • Filed to: Lighting storms, ABC 7 Bay Area, California wildfires, damnnatureyouscary

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I thought I understood 415s30 and SBA on how messed up the multiple California fires.

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Seeing how they all started is... sobering, to say the least.

That is frightening.

SmugAardvark > boredalways 08/21/2020 at 19:53

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What was even more surprising to a lot of people is that this is the dry season. Generally speaking, the region receives practically zero rainfall from June-September.

For example, in Oakland, they average 0.07" of rain in August.

And of course, this is also what is making these storms so devastating. Everything is tinder-dry to begin with.

Ermahgerd! > boredalways 08/21/2020 at 20:47

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I have lived here my entire life and have never seen such active lighting. Lightning of any kind is exceedingly rare, but this was almost like a proper midwest electrical storm.

boredalways > Ermahgerd! 08/21/2020 at 21:09

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Yo, don't jinx us in the Midwest 

onlytwowheels > boredalways 08/21/2020 at 22:43

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I love a good electrical storm. I do not like wild fires....

When I was living in California, it was not uncommon for lightning to start wild fires in the mountains and foothills.

ttyymmnn > boredalways 08/22/2020 at 22:46

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My brother lives on the east side of the Bay, and I was surprised when he told me a few years ago that they never get thunderstorms. Something about being on the west coast, cool Pacific, whatever. 2020 keeps surprising.