Live at the Lincoln Memorial. Lightning hits Washington monument.

[elleng]

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Absolutely incredible

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[Rhiannon12866]

1. Yikes! Was this tonight?

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[elleng]

3. YES!

12:52 AM · Aug 15, 2021

Lots of action tonight. I've seen lots of flashes here, 60 miles south of DC; power went out @ home when I was 7 miles south, and flood warnings:

* Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Prince Georges County in central Maryland...
West Central Calvert County in southern Maryland...
Charles County in southern Maryland...

* Until 600 AM EDT.

* At 125 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing in the warned
area. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain have fallen.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Yikes! That's scary weather!

Stay safe down there! Here in New York, we've experienced similar weather this summer, too - several violent storms that bring branches and some trees down and we get frequent lightning/thunderstorm/flood warnings. Seems like we get more days with rain than sun.

But this is pretty serious if it's affecting D.C. and it doesn't sound like it's over yet! And I have family in Maryland. Hope everybody's okay...

[elleng]

5. Good luck to all.

Right here, right now, southern MD, 'mostly cloudy,' wind 4 mph NNE; will check creek level later.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Just be careful out there, especially if you're getting lightning warnings!

[elleng]

7. Will do; seeing nothing now, & DirecTV dish connection is fully restored.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Thanks for checking in, that was some storm!

[wyn borkins]

2. Electrifying

Now that's gonna leave a mark!

[SheltieLover]

9. Wow!

Stay safe, Ellen & All!

[SoFlaJet]

10. That's not new

It's been around for a while. Just in case you see it being used as some kind of republican social media propaganda