On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:21:17 -0400, "Ken Heaton" wrote:

/// I remember a night a thunderstorm
woke me up as it put on its light show overhead. Then it hit the radio
station across the street. That was spectacular. And deafening. It was a
couple of days before they were back on the air.
Are thunderstorms uncommon at night? Seems around here they are as common
during the night as during the day.

A fact that stays in mind for no good reason, after reading a classic
atmospheric electricity monograph:

There is a peak time which is synchronized around the world, for
lightning strikes.

I suppose that depending on the longitude, the time for
lightning shows could well be at night....

Brian W