Lightning

Summer storms continue to take their toll on Illinois. One part of the state recorded over 500 lightning strikes which may have been responsible for a church that caught fire.

It was a stormy weekend in parts of Illinois and also Missouri. In some cases, the sky was electric - literally. Brand new video captured the moment when 6 Illinois buildings were all struck by lightning at the same time.

Since it's summer, thunderstorms rolling through the St. Louis, Missouri area is not an unusual thing. What is not common though is lightning from a recent storm struck the Gateway Arch again.

I will admit that I don't know much about lightning other than I'd prefer to not get struck by any. But, even I know when a video about lightning is captivating and that's definitely the case for upward lightning that was recently captured as it climbed into the sky over St. Louis, Missouri.

Lightning has done a lot for me in my life including ruining a few laptops. It has never made me $50,000 richer though which doesn't seem fair since that's what just happened for a St. Clair, Missouri lady.

This would be the one time when you wouldn't want to be at the top of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Brand new video shows a lightning strike that lit up the iconic monument.

Who doesn't love lightning puns? That's why I'll gladly share the shocking news that Missouri has a new lightning capital according to new data that measures the fire that comes from the sky.

It's not easy to take pictures or video of lightning. First of all, it's dangerous since you don't want to be exposed outside and even if you're good with the risk, it takes skills to capture nature at its most brilliant. One very talented photographer was able to show what lightning was like over St. Louis last weekend at 1,500 frames per second and it's truly electrifying - pun intended.

Monday would not be a good day for a cookout near the woods in Missouri as the state is being warned of an 'elevated fire danger' due to three different conditions which will be present.

I would say this is shocking, but that would be pun overload. Overload is a good word though to describe a video that shows what happened when lightning struck a farm's electric fence not that long ago.