TOPIC: Lightning Strikes Twice

"For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man."

MATTHEW 24:27

6-story Jesus statue in Ohio struck by lightning

[Source: Huffington Post, June 15, 2010]

The moment lightning struck twice in the same place at the same time: Stunning images as storm breaks over Chicago 

[Source: Daily Mail, June 24, 2010]

Greece lightning: Ancient Parthenon lit from above as storm breaks over Athens 

[Source: Daily Mail, June 30, 2010]

Rainbow AND a lightning bolt? Must be a Hollywood production: Days of record heat followed by spectacular storms in California

[Source: Daily Mail, October 1, 2010]

That really is a bright spark: Snapper captures the moment a huge lightning bolt strikes Statue of Liberty [Source: Daily Mail, October 13, 2010]

Easter Storm of the White House

[Source: Obama Foodorama, April 24, 2011]

A signal from above? Lightning hits St Peter's hours after Pope Benedict stuns cardinals with first resignation in 600 years 

[Source: Daily Mail, February 11, 2013]

NOTES: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Reaches Orbit on First Flight (Update1)

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 took off on its first test flight at about 2:45 p.m. local time from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying an unmanned demonstration version of its Dragon spacecraft. It reached orbit about nine minutes later, according to SpaceX. The company’s first rocket, the Falcon 1, took four attempts before it reached orbit in September 2008.

[Source: Bloomberg Business Week, June 4, 2010]

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TOPIC: Sinkholes and the Abyss

"When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it
like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.
The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss."
Revelation 9:2

Block-Long Sinkhole Swallows Cars in Baltimore

[Source: NBC, April 30, 2014]

Quebec Family Dies as Home Vanishes Into Crater

[Source: New York Times, May 12, 2010]\

Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press

Storm blows a 200ft hole in Guatemala City, allowing a building 

[Source: Mail Online, June 2, 2010]

Sinkhole in Tampa Florida Swallows Car, Still Growing

[Source: Epoch Times, July 13, 2010]

Car, driver tumble into giant sinkhole amid rainstorm

[Source: Journal Sentinel Online, July 22, 2010]

Mark Pawlik

Sinkhole Forms Under Pool With Family Inside

[Source: Terra, August 13, 2010]

Ballarat mine shafts or sinkholes?

[Source: The Courier, August 25, 2010] 

Sinkhole opens on fresh asphalt in front of Kelso City Hall

[Source: The Daily News via Vorchester, August 26, 2010]

When Sinkholes Strike

[Source: Epoch Times, September 6, 2010]

Sinkhole Forces Liberty Flames Off Field

[Source: WSET, September 29, 2010]

Large crevice confuses residents

[Source: Upper Michigan Source, October 6, 2010]

Giant hole opens up behind house

[Source: Orange News, January 17, 2011]

Deep sinkhole opens under woman's bed

[Source: CNN, July 20, 2011]

Sinkhole Swallows Man, 80, As He Goes for Morning Newspaper

[Source: NBC New York, October 31, 2011]

Graves may be exhumed over Pennsylvania sinkhole

[Source: CNN, December 30, 2011]

Large sinkhole threatens Bledsoe County highway

[Source: WRCBtv.com, June 20, 2012]

Fla. Woman's House Swallowed by Sinkhole

[Source: ABC News, June 21, 2012]

Louisiana probes cause of massive bayou sinkhole

[Source: CNN, August 10, 2012]