Lightning Strikes and Joe is there.
Once again, photographer Joe Cascio has managed to capture an incredible image of the Buffalo skies lighting up at night. Joe certainly has a knack for being at the right place at the right time. There are so many cool visual elements comprising the photo – the statue of Lincoln overlooking the water surrounding the Japanese Garden as lightning strikes in the distance is priceless.
I’m sure that this image will make the rounds during the next series of art festivals. I would also think that the Historical Society would add a poster of this to its gift shop collection. The shot really gives us a whole new perspective of the Lincoln statue. The eerily illuminated character appears to almost come back to life for a moment as if recharged by the bolts. How Joe gets these images I will never understand. From Joe:
"I captured this Saturday night from the back of the Historical Society while shooting an event there. What a great couple of hours, I only wish I could have been a few more miles south. Those bolts were the biggest I've ever seen."
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RaChaCha
Although I swear I read Buffalo Rising for the articles and not the pictures ;-) this is one stunner of a photo! Thanks for sharing this with us, Joe. My favorite part is that it looks like Lincoln is taking in the show.
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dpbflo
friggen awesome
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Marti
Fabulous photo, Joe! You are amazing!
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gaustad
Great Photo - the climate in this town sucks! It has rained all summer
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Quijibo
Global warming is taking effect faster than anyone predicted. There was a very alarming discussion in another newsgroup that included many experts on the subject and they said that we could see serious and irreversible effects of Global Warming before 2015 if we do not take serious action now. These effects included rising of the ocean levels due to melting glaciers which would result in changes to the ocean currents and the jet streams. One person believed that this would plunge the world into the next Great Depression, worse than the first one.
It really raised my eyebrows!
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Tuco
Incredible photo!!!
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gaustad
Quijibo - it is the middle of August and it is 58 and raining. What Global Warming, its all a farse
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PaulBuffalo
Gaustad, because you don't see evidence of global warming from your backyard, you conclude it's a fallacy?
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gaustad
PaulGenius, enlighten me, where do you see evidence of global warming?
It will be snowing here in October again, mark my words.
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kooksapalooza
and if you had your way bush would be president again in november....
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eliz
The weather has not really been that bad. Brief rain, then sun. My garden has loved it.
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PaulBuffalo
Gaustad, so because Buffalo will have snow in October means that climate change is not occurring? Buffalo weather is the basis for your conclusion? You choose to ignore what is happening in the rest of the world?
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pegger
Anyone willing to entertain the suggestion that the October Storm and a high of only 58 are signs of global warming?
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stephenjames716
great shot!
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crisa
That's a spectacular shot. Angling Lincoln into it is brilliant!
Late yesterday morning, we were in traffic heading east when it started to pour hard. We saw what looked like three funnels forming under those omnious clouds. A brief thought of three tornadoes hitting and houses being swept away in floods formed but, just like those funnels fading away, so did thoughts that we were anywhere but in Buffalo, NY, where it only snows.
So much thunder and lightening; so many frightened dogs. Our little sweetheart is so afraid we had to set up a newspaper alternative to venturing outside.
We have a total of two honey bees this summer. Those two were keeping themselves fat and happy on weeds and annuals, so, our cuks were dropping flowers without producing cukes. We had to pollinate our cucumber flowers with a cotton swab! It worked!
Did you know that you can actually pet a honey bee!? We have a rainbarrel. Its very dark out right now and the thunder is back...
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heathersmiles
Hi Crisa, I am sorry to hear about the dogs and the bees. Please tell your doctor when you stop taking your meds, mmmkay?
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ToughintheStreets
very cool
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dagner
Gaustad: please note that Buffalo, on average, has the most sunshine, least rainfall, and most moderate average high termperature (in July) in the US Northeast.*
This summer seems to have more rain/clouds than average. Last year the sun never stopped shining, but put us in a slight drought. Except for Sunday, my outdoor plans this summer have not been curtailed by weather.
Frankly, the occasional inclement weather serves as a good filter for getting rid of spoiled whiners. It's also a surrogate measure of how well people adapt to change. People who fear a snowflake are not useful citizens.
Back to the topic: great photo.
*Source: Vogel, Mike, "Buffalo is Sunshine Capital of Northeast," Buffalo News, May 18, 1989, p. A-l, based on figures from the National Weather Service
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MJWorthington
Please remember it is called "Climate Change" now so that scientists can be correct either way (cooling or warming) since the earth was steady state for the rest of its existance and any change is our fault. Be sure to pay your carbon credit taxes on time.
Very sweet pic. Lincoln makes a great bystander.
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benfranklin
...just about the same angled view of Mr. Lincoln that Mr. Booth must have had.
Compare for a moment the hardships of a country at civil war, and the real wrongs that Mr. Lincoln corrected, and our current 'global warming debate'. Thank God we once had real leaders, if we had one today, they'd step forward and put an end to this 'the world is melting' foolishness.
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Biniszkiewicz
Great photo. The Lincoln statue adds tremendously to the interest.
Regarding climate change:
Is it possible so many have never watched documentary evidence of climate change? No NOVA episodes or Al Gore movies for you?
Sure, the earth has always had climate changes. Volcanic eruptions in one hemisphere brought a 'mini' ice age for several years to Europe in the late middle ages (where it snowed even in July and August and wreaked havoc with food crops). Niagara Falls was carved by the Glaciers and Europe was once covered with ice a mile thick in the not so distant geological past. Sometimes climactic changes are dramatically quick: some animals have been unearthed in the arctic with stomachs still holding remains of undigested tropical plants. They died from the sudden freezing of their environment (perhaps when the gulf of Mexico got blasted with the impact crater which led to the dinosaur extinction).
Yes, the earth's climate shifted up and down long before man and no doubt will again. But two thoughts stand out.
First:Just because the earth is prone to changes in climate does not mean that human activity does not accelerate or alter that change. The key questions to answer include 'why' the earth's climate has been prone to change before. At least in part this has been tied (geologically speaking) to the amount of heat trapping gases in the air (from volcanic eruptions, huge forest fires (think about how coal formed), etc.) Just because there are natural catastrophic events which sometimes cause the buildup of those gases does not mean that human activity won't impact the environment.
Second: Given that the earth's temperature is a little erratic for our species sensitivities, shouldn't we concern ourselves with climate change whether or not it is human activity causing the change?
We have plenty of evidence of catastrophic environmental change in the geological record. But because man might not be causing it we should ignore any change we now see? That seems to be the Republican position.
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orlanmon
What is wrong with a Republican position, without their foresight and leadership we wouldn't have have this booming economy. We also wouldn't have proactively adopted reneweable energy 8 years back, reduced our need for foreign oil, reduced green house gas emissions, reduced the national trade deficit, amassed and acquired this huge federal budget surplus, and prevented this country from initiating any costly war (Lives/$$$) under false pretenses. Everything is fine and it's not like Exxon is posting record profits while the average joe is paying exorbent gas prices. McCain for 2008 with a record like that who needs change...
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blackrocklifer
orlanmon- I'll second that, Republicans deserve ALL the credit for the state of the nation.
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allfit
I love the blatant self-righteousness of die-hard Republicans and Democrats. Subscribers to both political lines believe that their party does no wrong when in office but points the finger of blame at the other when they are not in power.
Tell me that Bill Clinton did nothing but great things for the country while he was in office. Tell me how many wonderful things Jimmy Carter pulled off while he was President. I don't want to take away from either of their accomplishments, especially President Carter's impressive record as an ex-President, but in retrospect you can find just as many errors, foibles, and problems created while they were in office as you will with Bush. Ok, maybe not as many, but there were quite a few.
As far as Exxon-Mobil, I don't see how their profits are any concern of the President, unless you are looking for the Government to intervene in the practices of multinational corporations just to appease the obscene spending habits of overly materialistic Americans.
For the record, I am having a difficult time deciding on who to vote for because both of the prevailing candidates are so indebted to special interest groups and lobbyists that I doubt we will see any true "Change" in the next 4 years. My prediction is that we will be reading comments similar to Orlanmon from the equally gregarious Republicans for the next four years.
I truly wish that we had a real choice in our so called Democratic process.
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Quijibo
Yes Orlanmon, I also think about how much better we all would be if the 2000 election wasn't stolen from Al Gore.
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blackrocklifer
allfit- I agree, I wish there was an alternative, the Democrats are too far right and just as far from perfect but to compared to Bush they are enlightened.
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LightoftheMoon
I'm still incredulous & amazed by the head-in-the-sand/finger-pointing/"it's not my problem" attitude of so many people regarding climate change... we all see what was and was not done in the past to prevent this problem from escalating as it is now—but when it comes down to it, WHO CARES who was responsible? The fact is that it is happening. We have to change the way we live.
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MJWorthington
Al Gore's "documentary" is as about as balanced and unbiased as a Michael Moore "documentary" But they are fun to watch and pic out well known propaganda techiques. Sell me on a healty life style and quality of life, not on fear mongering the sky is falling. Oh, and don;t hop on your private jet to you huge mansion but then say its ok because you purchased some carbon credits.
Boy does Lincoln look great there. ;)
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LightoftheMoon
fear mongering... haha! is anyone else laughing at the irony of that title applied to environmentalists, as opposed to the paranoid fear we've been taught every day since 911... what level alert is it today? Orange? Puce? Break out the duct tape, people, this is serious!!
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LightoftheMoon
I would say the quality of life of most Americans have been seriously effected by the ravaged economy, the ridiculously high gas & energy costs, health care costs and increasingly frequent natural disasters.
But let's not try to reduce our consumption, or think of preservation, or improve our environmental impact. That's just crazy talk from radical tree-huggers!
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blackrocklifer
Right on lightofthemoon- Fearmongering is a tactic of the right wing and they are experts at using it to further their agenda.
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orlanmon
allfit - "I love the blatant self-righteousness of die-hard Republicans and Democrats." Acutually if you are referring to my statements which were put out there for a little bit of humor but it seems as they may have struck a nerve. For the record I am independent and with the best of my knowledge vote for the best man or women to guide and serve their constituents. I care little of Conversatism, Liberalism, Left, Right those are labels, keep talking about that BS while Rome burns. Do what is right for the people of this country and that is all that matters. Our whole government comprising the Senate/House and the Executive branch have had a piece in putting us in the condition we are in currently. Regardless this administration bears much of the weight of initiating and putting into motion this countries' current domestic and foreign policy; both which have undermind this country at home and abroad. Also I care not to mention the Clinton Presidency becuase they had issues as well but I will refer to the words of blackrocklifer:
"far from perfect but to compared to Bush they are enlightened."
Thank you well said...
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