Monday, July 28, 2014

Re: [californiadisasters] Today's Deadly SoCal Lightning



Indeed.   I had to laugh during one of the news interviews soon after.   They were asking a 16 year old kid what happened.  One of his comments was, "after the lightning struck the people, I ran over to where I saw the bolt to see what happened."    (!)

Jason
 
 
In a message dated 7/28/2014 12:29:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com writes:
 

That special marine warning I posted earlier was for that Catalina storm but you are right about the Venice Beach storm... very garden variety storm but it does not matter... a thunderstorm is a thunderstorm and anybody out on that beach today during that storm or any of them at any place outdoors was not following the rules.


On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:19 AM, Fizzboy7@aol.com [californiadisasters] <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

I was tracking the Venice storm on radar before, during, and after the deadly bolt hit the ground.   From what I could observe, the color of radar blob never got any more intense than light to medium green.   So when I learned of the ground contact and injuries, I was really surprised.   The storm over Catalina on the other hand had yellow and red in it.  No surprise there with the lightning strike.   
 
So the Venice incident today was a learning lesson for many.    Even the fire department commented on having to rethink their warning procedures for weaker storms.

Jason
 
In a message dated 7/27/2014 8:51:27 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com writes:
 

NWS Los Angeles ‏@NWSLosAngeles 11m

Lightning map from between 11AM-3PM today. Yellow circles show where injuries and fatality occurred. #LAweather pic.twitter.com/Xpg2saZUNG




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