{"id":83848,"date":"2017-09-15T08:20:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T12:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=83848"},"modified":"2017-09-15T08:20:59","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T12:20:59","slug":"do-40000-lightning-strikes-over-southern-cali-point-to-a-mega-quake-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=83848","title":{"rendered":"Do 40,000 Lightning Strikes Over Southern Cali Point To A Mega Quake On The Horizon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Mac Slavo<br \/>\nSHTFplan.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170914_quake1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83849\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170914_quake1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170914_quake1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170914_quake1-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A volatile storm has ignited a slew of 40,000 lightning strike in southwestern California. The strikes have hit\u00a0Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties \u2013 all between September 10-11.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/strangesounds.org\/2017\/09\/volatile-storm-ignites-40000-lightning-strikes-in-southwest-california-sky-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric storm<\/a>\u00a0was most active on Sunday with an amazing 5,000 lightning bolts in the area over a three-hour period. NWS Los Angeles took to Twitter to report the tremendous display. The intense storm brought plenty of lightning to the Golden state\u2019s southern region, but almost no rain. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/strangesounds.org\/2017\/09\/volatile-storm-ignites-40000-lightning-strikes-in-southwest-california-sky-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The greatest rain total of .44 inches at Sudden Peak on Sunday.<\/a>\u00a0By Monday morning, heavy showers, thunderstorms, and 35-mph winds were reported in eastern Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tremendous number of lightning strikes &amp; in-cloud flashes over SW CA in last 24-hours. Nearly 40,000 in total! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LAWeather?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LAWeather<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LARain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LARain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bXoEvdqHx6\">pic.twitter.com\/bXoEvdqHx6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSLosAngeles\/status\/907265000636665856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But now conspiracy is swirling around this fascinating and unique electric storm. \u00a0Strange lights and electrons acting oddly seem to have been appearing either before or during major earthquakes \u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/headline-news\/strange-earthquake-lights-accompanied-mexicos-8-2-quake_09112017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0like the recent 8.2 magnitude quake in Mexico<\/a>. Could these lightning strikes be a sign that<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/headline-news\/warning-signs-point-to-major-earthquake-on-san-andreas-fault_06182017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0California\u2019s mega quake is on the horizon?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qwz-g0_ebdI?list=UUCoEWmNSVzh8J1ifcjsJYOw\" width=\"560\" height=\"333\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Like California, Mexico is a seismically active region that has seen smaller quakes that have caused death and destruction. But Thursday\u2019s temblor is a reminder that even larger quakes \u2014 while rare \u2014 do occur.<a href=\"http:\/\/ktla.com\/2017\/09\/12\/8-2-mega-earthquake-could-hit-socal-and-cause-catastrophic-damage-in-l-a-area-scientists-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Scientists say it\u2019s possible for Southern California<\/a>\u00a0to be hit by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake. Such a quake would be far more destructive to the Los Angeles area because the San Andreas fault runs very close to and underneath densely populated areas.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s<a href=\"http:\/\/ktla.com\/2017\/09\/12\/8-2-mega-earthquake-could-hit-socal-and-cause-catastrophic-damage-in-l-a-area-scientists-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0often stated that California is ripe<\/a>\u00a0for a devastating mega earthquake and after some noticed the strange lights in the sky above Mexico during its quake, this conspiracy conclusion was an easy one to jump to.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/headline-news\/do-40000-lightning-strikes-over-southern-cali-point-to-a-mega-quake-on-the-horizon_09132017\">http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/headline-news\/do-40000-lightning-strikes-over-southern-cali-point-to-a-mega-quake-on-the-horizon_09132017<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}