Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Just after midnight, that crazy sky


Over the East Village last night. Shot by James and Karla Murray. See more here.

Gothamist notes that the Empire State Building was struck by lightning three times during the storm.

9 comments:

Ken Mac said...

Gorgeous

Marty Wombacher said...

Great photo!

esquared™ said...

thunder bolt and lightning, very very frightening

Roger_Paw said...

Yes, here's footage of the strikes:
http://esbimm.bijouxconfections.com/2011/04/13/lightning-strikes-the-empire-state-building-three-times/

Roger_Paw said...

OOps, sorry, looks like Gothamist already posted that vid.

Marty Wombacher said...

@esquared: Ha ha ha! You crazy Bohemian!

esquared™ said...

@Marty Wombacher

i'm just a poor boy, i need no sympathy

nygrump said...

I can't hear the thunderstorm in my apartment because the restaurant noise from Calcutta and Spice Cove is too loud.

Melanie said...

I heard only one thunder clap. This is a great photo!!