Storms

Wow, we got blitzed with some unusual weather last night.  A big storm passed through, with really heavy rain mixed with some hail, booming thunder and lightning strikes lighting up the dark skies ever few seconds.  It was a crazy few hours - reminded me of something similar I experienced when I was living in Texas.  But that kind of thunderstorm doesn't happen very often in the Pacific NW.   Other than a few fallen tree limbs, didn't see much damage out today - though apparently some big trees were hit and split in half.  Naturally, loads of power outages.  My power flickered a few times but fortunately never went out.  Apparently there were about 200 lightning strikes in Seattle alone over a 45 minute period, and about 2,200 across Western Washington for the duration of the storm.  I can't remember anything like that here before.  Lots of good photos of the lightning over the Seattle skyline to be found on the internet if interested.