right this very minute, there
right this very minute, there is something spectacular going on outside.
lightning. thunder. in alaska. LIGHTNING.
i have never seen lightning before. ok, well there was that one time driving back to fairbanks from homer. but that was is still highly debatable whether it was a ufo landing/abduction or lightning.
we were in thick-thick fog, around 10pm, in the sterling area, and the entire sky lit up. the whole thing in front of us. all of it. probably lightning, but you never know.
lightning isnt supposed to exist in alaska. nor is anything resembling a hurricane. we can have high speed winds, but never is it called a hurricane or a tornado. its just... windy.
(alaskans tend to be burlier about things like that than other states. heck, valdez gets 10 feet of snow and its a 'little snowy out' but people still drive to work. fairbanks temperatures drop below -40°F and its a 'bit nippy', but youre bound to find at least one person wearing sandals. a 5.x earthquake causes people to look up but not jump under a table.)
in any case, i have seen lightning tonight. numerous times - probably at least 5 bolts and the same number of light flashes.
i know that i was gawking out the window of my car. and im not an attractive gawker.
at least i didnt pull over to take pictures.
