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Wild lightning show

Published 11:29 am Friday, July 22, 2016

A lightning strike lands near the Colonel's House at the Camp Casey Conference Center in Coupeville Thursday night
A lightning strike lands near the Colonel's House at the Camp Casey Conference Center in Coupeville Thursday night

Lightning filled the sky on the west side of Whidbey Island Thursday night, July 21.

The lightning and thunder show started in the evening and continued well into the next morning.

Strikes were centered over the Olympic Mountains and over the Strait of Juan de Fuca. There also were many strikes over the Cascade Mountains Thursday night as well.