As we warned earlier, some storms were coming our way this afternoon (and this evening)—and, as you probably noticed, the first one just hit. Like, hard. Click through for some photos, including one of the Empire State Building getting zapped—fun fact: the Empire State Building is actually struck by lightning on average 23 times each year!
Send us your own if you managed to capture some striking shots. (You can also tag them "Gothamist" on Flickr or hashtag them #Gothamist on Instagram.)
P.S. Here's a video of what it looks like when a building is struck, taken during the storm. Hopefully someone out there was making a timelapse of the storm...
