That lightning strike that sent the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers scrambling off the field yesterday? Turns out it was a very close call.
According to the lightning location imagery from the Twin Cities branch of Telvent-DTN (see above), the lightning struck the upper deck canopy, and a second branch hit very near the center field wall. Yikes.
Read more from meteorologist Paul Huttner.

That lightning strike that sent the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers scrambling off the field yesterday? Turns out it was a very close call.

According to the lightning location imagery from the Twin Cities branch of Telvent-DTN (see above), the lightning struck the upper deck canopy, and a second branch hit very near the center field wall. Yikes.

Read more from meteorologist Paul Huttner.