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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Fri Aug 22 2003 - 21:58:07 EDT
Lightning News From Today Aug. 22
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MEN Spared As Lightning Bolt Splits Home In Half - KSL-TV, UT
<http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=39&sid=44331>
As thunderstorms swept across the region last night, one lightning bolt
hammered a home in Whitney, Idaho, and blew it to bits. ...
TEENS Struck By Lightning - Boston Channel.com, MA
<http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/2428521/detail.html>
ASHBURNHAM, Mass. -- Police said two Ashburnham teenagers were apparently
struck by lightning while using a home computer.
BRIDE is struck dead by lightning as she honeymoons in Mexico -
Telegraph.co.uk, UK
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/08/23/nlight23.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/08/23/ixhome.html>
By Catriona Davies. A bride was struck dead by lightning after swimming
in the sea with her husband on their honeymoon.
OREGON fires double in size; Montana prepares for wind, lightning - San
Francisco Chronicle, CA
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/08/22/state1921EDT7053.DTL>
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski declared a state of emergency Friday as twin
wildfires roared through the Deschutes National Forest and ...
LIGHTNING Destroys House, Owner Survives - KSL-TV, UT
<http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=44315>
As a wave of powerful thunderstorms swept across Northern Utah and Southern
Idaho last night thousands of lightning bolts lit up the sky. ...
SLIDESHOW: Mother Nature Lights Up The Sky With Lightning - KTVU.com, CA
<http://www.ktvu.com/news/2427657/detail.html>
SAN FRANCISCO -- A humid weather front rolled through the Bay Area Thursday
night, triggering several lightning strikes and power outages to several
thousand ...
LIGHTNING strike blamed for Antelope house fire - Sacramento Bee, CA
<http://www.sacbee.com/content/community_news/antelope_north_sacramento/story/7272506p-8217266c.html>
Two adults early Friday morning escaped an Antelope home fire, which
authorities
said was probably caused by a lightning strike. ...
LIGHTNING really can strike twice - Kingston Mariner, MA
<http://www.townonline.com/kingston/news/local_regional/kin_newkmlightning08222003.htm>
For those of you who believe that lightning can never strike the same place
twice, you might want to talk to the firefighters at Kingston's Smith
Lane station... Wednesday's bolt was the second strike the station has been
hit
with in the last three weeks. The previous strike July 23 knocked out one
of the
nearby electrical lines, causing all equipment in the station to run on
partial power.
LIGHTNING blasts palm tree, utility pole in Lodi - Lodi News-Sentinel, CA
<http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2003/08/22/news/03_weather_030822.txt>
Lightning struck a 40-foot palm tree on Kenway Court in Lodi on Thursday
as a thunderstorm moved through the area. Lightning is ...
LIGHTNING, wind rock the region - Traverse City Record Eagle, MI
<http://www.record-eagle.com/2003/aug/22storm.htm>
... Lightning strikes and downed trees were blamed for much of the trouble,
which was scattered across several counties in the Grand Traverse region.
LIGHTNING causes Ranchos power outage - The Record-Courier, NV
<http://www.recordcourier.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030822/NEWS/308220103>
Lightning struck a power line on Kimmerling Road near the Bing Dirt Pit
Thursday morning, cutting power to a large portion of the Gardnerville
Ranchos. ...
STORMS pound Houston area; lightning sparks two fires - KTRK, TX
<http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/82203_local_storms.html>
Lightning from those same storms also touched off a couple of fires overnight.
Lightning struck the steeple of a church on Allendale ...
LIGHTNING Storms Cause Big Problems - WIVB, NY
<http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1412846&nav=0RapHbWY>
A bolt of lightning struck a building in the Wynterbrooke Estates apartment
complex on Big Tree Road. One person suffered a mild ...
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