Washington Duke stood up and the heavens reacted?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WashingtonDuke.jpg
At least Fox gets this part right.
I've never heard of this -- lightning shooting up into the ionosphere rather than down to a point on earth.
And to think it happened near Duke, according to the cutline for the photos.
Washington Duke stood up and the heavens reacted?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WashingtonDuke.jpg
Prof. Cummer is in the EE dept.