but head to florida. the lightning capital of the united states. that chance encounter becomes much more likely. october 5th, 2012. fans in naples, florida, residents freda and nick are preparing to watch an afternoon soaker. i looked out the wind yoesz, it it was so dark, and he said let s go check it out. we came out, and it was really windy. i thought this is a neat storm. i have to go fwrab my camera. let me see if i can film this. rooting, tooting rainfall here.
the show was shot from the international space station about 300 kilometers from central africa. all the flashing there, lightning bolts as they strike the ground. impressive stuff. it is unbelievable. i know we ve got pedram javaheri here to talk about that. of course, we ve also got that huge storm. what a shot that was. that s something. what s something, central africa i don t know if you ve spent time there when you were working there, but the democratic republic of the congo is the lightning capital of the world. 27,000 strikes on average every single day. i have been there. such a huge country, too. it is, absolutely. ten million strikes per year when you do the math. ous australia, as well. look at you go. i ve been through so many. unbelievable. speaking of space perspectives, this is also from an astronaut on tuesday. yeah, this one is taking about 400 kilometers up, 250 miles up.
is now. warren, on the other hand, has been slowly on the rise, up from 7% to 13% since june. nearly a dozen people were injured after a lightning strike in the stadium parking lot of the tampa bay buccaneers. and officials say this lightning struck the suv right there after sunday s game against the packers. no one was directly hit, but witnesses say it was strong enough and close enough to knock some people to the ground. seven people were taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition. at least four others were treated on the scene. all right. so if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that florida is considered by meteorologists to be the lightning capital of the united states. so over the past 60 years, the sunshine state has experienced more than twice the number of lightning strike fatalities than any other state. and there you have it. that s going to do it for a monday edition of way too early. stick around, though. morning joe is just moments away.
control of parts of iraq and syria. this image is said to be of the leader but haven t been independently verified by nbc news. philadelphia fire officials say last night s blaze that destroyed eight row houses may have started on a couch that was on a porch. back to caught on camera. dark skies loom over drivers in russia, in this 2012 viral video. a camera s rolling inside a vehicle when in the blink of an eye, a bolt of lightning strikes an suv. witnessing a lightning strike is rare enough. the odds are even slimmer of capturing it on camera. but head to florida, the lightning capital of the united
lightning capital of the united states and that chance encounter becomes much more likely. october 5th, 2012, avid storm fans and naples florida residents rita and nick grill are preparing to watch an afternoon soaker. i looked out the windows. it was so dark. he said, let s go check it out. so we came out onto the lanai. it was, it was windy. i thought, this is a neat storm, i got to grab michael remarks let s see if i can film this. real rooting tooting rachael here him very awesome. the skies were angry that day. we were watching this storm build and build and build. rita was filming it, paning her camera back an forth, just really taking the whole thing in. it s just beautiful. the lightning, whohoo-hoo-hoo. oh. i love it!