芝加哥被雷击的建筑

以芝加哥的标准来衡量，美国中西部的天气最近也变得异常极端。我们看到了巨大的雾墙，部分原因是寒冷刺骨的冬天使密歇根湖结冰，无数的雷暴持续了几个小时。当地摄像师克雷格·希玛拉(Craig Shimala)本周从家中拍摄了一段时间的“derecho”视频，他成功地捕捉到了芝加哥最高的三座建筑——威利斯大厦(Willis Tower)、特朗普大厦(Trump Tower)和约翰·汉考克大厦(John Hancock Building)——的三道闪电。更不可思议的是，他几乎在四年前拍摄了同样的一幕。

Even by Chicago standards the weather here in the midwestern U.S. has been bizarre and extreme lately. We’ve seen giant walls of fog caused in part by a bitterly cold winter that chilled Lake Michigan, and numerous lightning storms that last for hours. Local videographer Craig Shimala was filming a timelapse of a derecho from his home this week when he managed to capture a triple lightning strike on three of Chicago’s tallest buildings: Willis Tower, Trump Tower and the John Hancock Building. Even more incredibly, he filmed the same occurrence almost four years ago to the day back in 2010.To see more examples of our wild weather, check out recent photos by Nick Uliveri and Pete Tsai.