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A lightning storm over Port McNeill at night.

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What We Love: Wild Lightning Storms

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  • April 15, 2023
  • VanIsle.News Staff
Port McNeill got one wild storm

The hot weather we’ve been having was swept away by a cold front, and it produced an incredible lightning storm on the NorthIsle. Photographer Anthony Bucci caught this snap.

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