Storming in the Rockies

I am here in Keystone, Colorado attending a conference for work. Boy oh boy, this sure is a beautiful place.

I went for a quick hike after 6 hours of educational sessions and meetings. I ventured out to climb from Loveland Pass (11,500 feet) up a steep ridge to Loveland Mountain (13,100 feet). About two-thirds of the way up, I got caught in a torrential rain and hail storm. The temperature dropped about 15 degrees in 10 minutes. I was soaking wet and freezing when I got back to the car.

I turned on the radio once I was in the car and there was a weather reporter talking about lightening storms. The reporter sited that the states with the highest incidence of people struck by lightening are:

Florida
Texas
Colorado

Sounds about right.