Jaw-Dropping Lightning Storm in Waco Captured on Video
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including our lightning storms. Here’s proof.
I’ve always been fascinated by severe weather. And the irony is that I’m just about as terrified by it as I am fascinated. I get this odd sense of excitement mixed with anxiety when the sky starts to darken.
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Lightning Is the One Thing That Sends Me Running Inside
And just like every other Texan I know, my first instinct when the weather starts to get scary is to go outside and take a look for myself. But there’s nothing to send me scurrying back inside like lightning. My friend and I were about 50 feet away from lightning striking a tree once when I was a kid, and it scared the hell out of us. Needless to say, it had a lasting impression on me.
That’s why I prefer to watch lightning from a safe distance, like the internet. Even at that, I still get a little antsy while watching videos of lightning storms. The latest wild lightning video comes from Waco, as storms moved through the Lone Star State yesterday (March 10).
While I’m glad for the person filming the video for the whole world to see, I can’t believe all of those folks were standing outside in a wide-open field during the storm. I’m going to assume no one was struck by lightning, as I figure it would’ve made the news. But still, I wouldn’t recommend doing it.
The lightning bolt lights up the entire sky in just a split second.
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