Lightning is seen during the rollout of space shuttle Discovery toward Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 4, 2009. Discovery's 13-day flight will deliver a new crew member and 33,000 pounds of equipment to the International Space Station. The equipment includes science and storage racks, a freezer to store research samples, a new sleeping compartment and the COLBERT treadmill. Launch of Discovery on its STS-128 mission is targeted for late August. UPI/Justin Dernier/NASA | License Photo
"There were some clouds and it was thundering a little, but there wasn't any kind of lightning storm," Schellpfeffer said.
Among U.S. states, Colorado tied Florida for the most deaths from lightning strikes in 2008, when each had four. In 2006, each state had eight lightning-related deaths, the most in the nation, the National Weather Service said.
Lightning in Colorado caused 394 deaths between 1959 and 1994, the Post said.
