All summer long, on BR Lightning Ranch in Hill County, a few miles from downtown Bandera, the Summer Buckle Series Rodeo hosts weekly events such as bull riding, calf roping and steer riding.

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South Africa is prone to lightning during its summer rainy season.

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As the sun set, a summer storm was gathering, and Henry watched lightning flicker across the clouds.

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Now consider the number of lightning strikes that occur in the Midwest in an average summer.

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