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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lightning does NOT happen "out of the blue". There had to have been a storm nearby, it just wasn't directly overhead.

Lightning isn't magic. The conditions that create it are well understood. It only happens in proximity to storms, because those moving air masses are what is necessary to create the static charge.

It doesn't just happen "out of the blue"[/quote]

The article says a strong storm moved into the area within an hour of the strike, but reads as if sky was blue at the time.[/quote]

It may have indeed been blue directly overhead. But there was absolutely a storm cloud in close proximity, visible somewhere around them. Otherwise no lightning. [/quote]

They'd be unlikely to see a storm cloud that was 10 miles out at the time. [/quote]

Ten miles is NOTHING when it comes to storm cells. A large cumulonimbus incus can be 40 miles away and still look like it's on top of you. Ten miles is essentially 20 degrees up from the horizon. Easily visible.

I don't understand why people are arguing this. Any storm that is producing lightning is going to be visible on the horizon. Period. End of discussion. [/quote]

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