Lightning without rain

[Tricia]

When I moved to Reno, I missed a good thunder storm like those we had in Michigan. I loved the smell of the air during a good storm and the cleansing feeling of a good rain.
Now I have concern when I hear thunder and see lightening, mostly because storms like that in the high desert don't bring much rain, and they tend to cause more damage than good.
We experienced such a thunder storm last night which started two fires on Pevine (the Peak featured in this announcement)
I don't see fire from our house, but I sure smell the smoke.
Feature photo from our local news last night.

Lightening sparked fires keep Norther Nevada crews busy

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

Ugh! I hate dry thunderstorms because fires inevitably follow. I am happy to say that we are back to our usual heavy rain with our thunder. Hopefully this year will be a good snow year and our lake will fill back up.

 

[coskigirl]

Dry thunderstorms scare the shit out of me.

 

[Bad Bob]

They are frighteningly spectacular though.

 

[ScotsSkier]

Lightening without rain

I guess that would not be heavy rain then.......

 

[Tricia]

Lightening without rain

I guess that would not be heavy rain then.......

Oops.
Fixed it. This is why we keep @SBrown around.

Update from local news says that the fires have burned about 312 acres and are nearly 50% contained.
http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/...es-caused-by-lightning-strikes-488211231.html

 

[cantunamunch]

You can totally do this at home, fwiw:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Kelvin-s-Thunderstorm---Create-lightning-from-wate/