News24/680 lensman Craig Cannon – who runs on coffee, adrenaline, and the occasional maple bar – was out and about this morning when a lightning bolt cracked over Concord, a smoke plume went up and PG&E trucks began to roll.
An apparently abandoned residence in the 5500 block of Pine Hollow Road caught fire and outages were reported along Iowa and Olive Drive and down to Concord Avenue – causing backups and traffic delays as signals were knocked out.
All in all a busy morning for Con Fire and PG&E repair crews. And Craig…
Look at all those nice juicy power lines…..
Wondered what was happening …. power out at about 7 am
Tbought I saw a strike up there this morning. No one believed me.
Wink wink lightning strike! Where was Ready Kilowatt when this went down?
Wow. Sky was really grey and threatening — not far from Crystal Ranch and pretty close to Pine Hollow Middle School.
Eleven strikes in this area this morning.
Saw the light flash from Highway 24!