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Archive Home > 2006 > July > 18 > Lightning strikes

Lightning strikes

Increasingly frequent, more powerful storms mean more lightning threatens Central Oregon

By Erin Foote Marlowe / The Bulletin
July 18, 2006

Jeff Spencer, Central Oregon Electric Cooperative's operations manager, can sum up quickly the way lightning makes him feel.

"Nervous. Real nervous."

The skies over Central Oregon this summer have given Spencer plenty of cause for concern.

Lightning is a powerful and unpredictable....

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