06/09/09 I left the house at 5:45 am this morning and drove across the river to Virginia and right into a thunderstorm I could see approaching. Torrential rain with thunder and lightning right on top of me. We had a major thunderstorm again this evening as a bookend on the day. A house in my neighborhood was struck by lightning and DCFD sent all of their trucks – or a lot of them at any rate. After the storm passed, the sunset burned bright red for about twenty minutes before extinguishing. This photo does not do justice to the deep, deep red I saw with the naked eye.