Toronto lightning storm August 2011
Toronto lightning storm 2011! Although the most powerful winds and hail were felt elsewhere, as the photos below illustrate, we got one hell of a light show. At times the strikes and flashes were so frequent that the sky was illuminated for seconds at a time, and at the height of the storm there were scant spaces between each bolt. Oh, those earth shattering thunder claps didn't hurt the mood either.
It was the CN Tower that really took centre stage, though. Some reports counted more than 25 lightning strikes over the course of the thunderstorm, which hit the city in earnest just before 10 p.m. yesterday. So while there was no Toronto tornado â in spite of a brief frenzy on Twitter â what at one point appeared to be another near miss turned out to be one of the more exciting weather events of the summer.
Here's the first round of photos from the blogTO Flickr pool. As more come in, we'll continue to update the post. Lead shot by Jonathan Ponce.
Update (8:00 a.m.)
Here is an awesome video sequence of the storm:
Lightning TO from Jon Simonassi on Vimeo.
PHOTOS
Photo by picturenarrative
Photo by Mike Tan
Photo by AttilaA2011
Photo by Dave Han
Photo by ZensLens
Photo by Hamish Grant
Photo by Richard Gottardo
Photo by guitarchitect
Photo by Liam Kearney
Photo by dylancook
Photo by Scott Wilton
Photo by vladTO
Photo by *Imperialis*
Update (more photos):
Photo by JPanda2009
Photo by MustGoFaster
Photo Roozbeh Rokni
Photo by David G. Tran
Photo by Cobby17
MORE VIDEOs
This is NOT on repeat! Video by Kris Anthony Photography
Power!
A pretty good indication of the frequency and intensity of the lightning.
Video by SteveCarty
The reaction is priceless...
