As this massive storm approached Grants Pass at around 9 pm, it started throwing out continuous lightning bolts, which was quite an impressive sight for this part of the country. Normally only the eastern U.S. gets such active lightning displays from much larger thunderstorms. At least two spotters reported the vivid lightning production. One spotter noted from seven to nine lightning flashes per second, with widespread power outages. He said that it looked like a pinwheel, or fireworks display, as on the 4th of July.
Ball lightning is a very rare phenomenon, observed only with the strongest lightning storms.
When they make contact with an object, they tend to explode or just disappear. These strange objects are not well understood by scientists, but they are definitely not a figment of one's imagination. Perhaps some of us will get a chance to view it in the future, especially considering the extreme variations in the weather during the past few years. The El Nino phenomenon that hung on for almost a year has quickly shifted into a La Nina in the short space of a month. La Nina, by definition, is the opposite of an El Nino.