lightning

Campfires in the backcountry are not allowed.

I can't remember what day this happened last week, but if you were in Converse County, you had almost constant lightning one night. This guy captured a video of what the skies looked like.

Monday night a bear was killed in Woodland Park while climbing a tree during a lighting storm. Colorado Wildlife officials say the tree was struck by lightning while the bear was in it.

This is one of the craziest stories that I have ever heard about, and as I was reading it I just couldn't believe that things didn't turn out so much worse for this doctor who was struck by lightning and had no idea what had happened.

It's not exactly breaking news that Wyoming had a ton of lightning thanks to storms this week. That was especially true for the area around Clark that ended up with quite the lightning show in their skies.

The Mount Washburn Fire Lookout is located southwest of Mammoth Hot Springs and north of Madison Junction.

No structures, nor any injuries, have been reported lost so far.

The fire control situation is described by local authorities as “fluid” and several structures are reportedly threatened.

On Thursday evening 7/27, we experienced a late afternoon thunderstorm here in Cheyenne, but in Nebraska, the lightning was a little more severe-and caught on camera.

Despite an hour delay for lightning in the middle of their set, Metallica still rocked Denver's Mile High Stadium Wednesday night.