[blam]

"Flashes, booms reported over Western Washington"

We had the same thing around here about 7:00am this morning, we call'em thunderstorms.

[cibco]

In clear skies?

[Allegra]

We had the same thing around here about 7:00am this morning, we call'em thunderstorms.

Yeah, we get those pretty much daily where I am, too.

Only here, we call 'em "mortars" and "rockets." :-)