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)
P.O. Box 98199
Washington, DC 20090-8199
800-647-5463
Lat/Lon: 38.90531943278526, -77.0376992225647
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)
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. ”
Never a truer word spoken.
Darwin is a nice place to be if you like lightning.