My Lightning Five Seconds of Fame
Around lunchtime on Thursday a pretty immense electrical storm rocked up to Manchester. From my vantage point of the 8th floor of Trafford House I could see that it would be worth setting up my Canon 500D in video mode on the windowsill. Sure enough, about 10 minutes after setting it up I caught on camera a cracking bolt of lightning striking the tip of Manchester United's West Stand opposite our office. The volume of the thunder clap instantly following made me involuntarily duck for cover as I watched out of the window. This gave my colleagues something to laugh about!
Read on to hear about the media storm surrounding this video...
