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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by fastball on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:13PM (#24180842)
2500 lightning strikes does sound like a lot. Would be interesting to know how the world stacks up in terms of "average lightning strikes per hour" during a typical thunderstorm for that area.
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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by ghouse on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:21PM (#24180930)
> during a typical thunderstorm for that area.

That's why this is "insane." It's not typical to have _any_ thunderstorms in this area. It's also not typical to have rain in August.

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by plorkyeran on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:58PM (#24181234)
The median number of lightning strikes per year is zero.
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