thanks for posting.

I'm near the GG Bridge and I didn't even know the storm was so dramatic.

heard a loud boom which awakened me..i didnt get up ... heard the thunder and rain and scooted further under the covers... this am there were two broken huge branches and i mean huge branches in my front yard which had fallen at least seventy five feet down and were right over my house..the branches missed the wires and my next door neighbors new car and somehow landed about fifteen feet from where they should have landed..just trashing my front fence and even broke the concrete footing under the fence. the neighbor to my right saw the lightning flash and heard the boom at the same time so he knew it struck close by..the neighbor to my left also was awakened by a loud boom..our assessment is that the tree was stuck by lightning. spooked me a bit as I've never seen lightning and thunder like that here in the monterey bay in the three plus decades i've been here..lucky it didnt fall on the house or do major damage...strange weather..and then today..torrential downpour with water like a an overflowing bathtub running off the roof..i've never seen anything like it..one hour later the sun was shining

I thought for sure we were going to lose power last night up here.

I think more rain coming in a few days, for the Sacramento area.

for posting them!

Was visiting a friend, and by the time I was returning home it was pouring. Could barely see a short distance through the windshield even with the wipers at max speed. Almost felt as if I was back in the subcontinent, experiencing the monsoon.

I loved this! there is something really amazing and soothing about huge thunderstorms .


ps: awesome pics, especially the ones of the Golden gate bridge.
K&R

to a pedestrian who happened to be walking in bare feet on the Golden Gate Bridge when lightening hit, say on one of the big towers?

Yeah, that's it.

Thanks so much for sharing!