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Amazing Photo: Thunderstorm Divides Sky Over Manhattan
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John Del Signore
Published Apr 11, 2013
Modified Apr 11, 2013
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Published Apr 11, 2013
Modified Apr 11, 2013
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Boy howdy that was some thunder and lightning show night, eh? One minute we're innocently catching up on old Miami Vice episodes, the next we're cowering under the bed in fear as the loudest, most sustained roll of thunder ever rocked NYC. The biggest heart-stopping thunderclap we heard occurred at approximately 10:45 p.m., leaving in its wake bleating car alarms, soiled sheets, and mind-blowing tweets.
How did you manage during Epic Thunderdome 2013? Let us know what you did to provoke the gods' wrath in the comments... and if you snapped any photos of the caliber of the one seen here, feel free to send them our way to [email protected]. But we're going to keep the bar high on this one—unless it's a photo of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man lumbering through midtown as bolts of lightning roast his love handles, we're probably not going to use it.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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