Jo Naylor / CC

Another day with a risk of thunder showers after we had some pretty sharp lightning yesterday, even a power interruption. If you are curious to know if you could be hearing thunder soon, there is a tracker map for Canada.

Canadian Lightning Danger Map – Canada

I wonder, are we starting to forget the power of lightning and becoming careless around this airborne electricity? I ask that since I see that golfers had to be reminded that a metal object held in the air during a thunderstorm is a bad thing…

‘Ditch the golf clubs’ when thunderstorms near, meteorologist warns

I remember as a kid we used to always sit up and watch the lightning during a severe thunderstorm. We have an ash tree in one field that has been hit 2 or 3 times, there is a groove that goes right down the side of the tree to the ground. In the nearby woods I remember seeing a hemlock that was hit and that was reduced to splinters. As storms are predicted to get stronger in the future, will this be a more common occurrence? I shared the picture posted on Facebook to the Country 100.7 Facebook Page from a women that said she saw a tree struck by lightning in Bridgewater.

As a kid I was told a car is the safest place to be if you can’t be in the house. One night while tenting at Rissers Beach I recall getting up and sitting in the car since the tent was pitched under trees. I remember Dad was always concerned about the cattle in lightning because they will often seek shelter under trees. A couple weeks ago there was a bad strike in the Valley where a tree was struck with cattle under it…