it's Raining a lot in Southern California right now

[JI7]

it's good because we do need the rain but the timing sucks .

i don't know when was the last time we got this much rain around this time of the year. i know there were light showers at times. but nothing like i'm seeing now which is what we should have gotten during the winter.

[zappaman]

1. Not sure where you are, but

Lightning immediately followed by a thunderclap so loud, it set off car alarms.
Reports of people hit on the boardwalk in Venice.

[JI7]

3. not in that area but in a beach area

the place was full and everyone was starting to leave just as i was getting to work.

it sucks for business . but i hope everyone stays safe.

they said it we would get some rain yesterday but i didn't expect this.

[zappaman]

6. Crazy weather!

Thunder and lightning yet sunny and raining!

[Electric Monk]

18. Lightning strike injures nine in Venice Beach - CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/27/us/lightning-strike-venice-beach/

(CNN just updated)

[Hekate]

2. Where? Surely not on the Central Coast.

Very welcome nonetheless.

[JI7]

4. los angeles area , i wonder how San Diego is , they have comic con going on right now

i have some family members who go and i think with the huge crowds there are lines that go outside. and people stay overnight for things also.

[Warpy]

5. Thunderstorms and lots of outflow winds here in the high desert

and yes, I did go out and stand in it for a while. Nothing cools you off out here like getting wet.

[edhopper]

7. But....Seems it.....

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[PasadenaTrudy]

8. Bright and sunny in Pasadena!

I think the storms cells are out by the beach. Venice had lightning strikes I heard.

[zappaman]

9. We sure did.

2-3 people being treated by paramedics.
There was a huge flash and the loudest thunder I've heard in years.
Nuts!

[PasadenaTrudy]

10. That is crazy

From what I'm reading on twitter, multiple people were taken to hospitals!

[R B Garr]

11. CNN has this about lightning strikes injuring 7 in Venice Beach!

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/27/us/lightning-strike-venice-beach/index.html

It's pretty sunny here in Orange County. Earlier it was a little cloudy, but sun is peeking through now. I hope it rains, though.

[herding cats]

13. It's up to 14 people struck by lightening now!

California Lightning Hits 14; 2 Critically Injured

[R B Garr]

15. Whoa! That's just amazing. End of July, in the water

at the beach -- and struck by lightning! So much for the stats about how rare it is to be struck by lightning after 14 people got zotted. Hope they are all okay!

[IDemo]

14. Venice Beach on either coast was not the place to be today

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/27/plane-crash-venice-beach-florida/13246515/

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a father was killed and his daughter seriously injured while walking on the sand when a small plane crash landed along Florida's Gulf Coast near Venice Beach.

[R B Garr]

17. How sad they couldn't get out of the plane's way.

On another note, it looks like that pilot did a great job of crash landing that plane! It didn't go into a nosedive or head over tail as they landed. What a miracle.

RE: Venice Beach -- I guess Florida also has an Orange County, and I live in Orange County, CA, so when I Google things sometimes, I get places in Florida and have to check and make sure I put my state in the search. I didn't know there was also a Venice Beach in Florida.

[Gothmog]

12. That is great news

I remember the Houston drought well.

[whistler162]

16. Liar liar pants on fire 'cause everyone knows

Hope it continues for awhile.