The dreaded rain delay hit games in New York and Philadelphia on Friday night. The Diamondbacks are in Queens to play the Mets, a series that usually takes up quite a chunk of fans' time (who doesn't love a 15-inning game on July 4?) while the Dodgers are in South Philly.
Severe weather has delayed the game. pic.twitter.com/K9KLCo8GBo
— Mr. Met (@MrMet) May 24, 2014
Photos out of New York looked like scenes from a movie and, of course, the city-dwellers took to Twitter.
Lightning strike just moments ago over Manhattan captured from @EarthCam footage http://t.co/ItgfoFs0Gq
— BuzzFeed Storm (@BuzzFeedStorm) May 24, 2014
Gotham City. RT @rafat: possibly the craziest clouds i have seen over NYC. (h/t: @richarddeitsch) pic.twitter.com/boaKpsGd5y
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) May 24, 2014
Gorgeous stormy gotham #nyc #lightning #weather pic.twitter.com/gQuKQt7Xpa
— t3nman (@t3nman) May 24, 2014Maybe "The Day After Tommorrow" got it wrong and it's actually a rain storm that destroys New York.
The sky above me looks like the spaceships from Independence Day are about to emerge from them.
— Ed Leyro (@Studi_Metsimus) May 24, 2014
Video appears to show the moment lightning struck the WTC in New York City tonight http://t.co/L5mrQMP7ix http://t.co/627WZd298G
— BuzzFeed Storm (@BuzzFeedStorm) May 24, 2014
@AccuRayno @Raphael4NY @lonniequinn I captured this lightning struck hitting Manhattan from Fort Lee, NJ pic.twitter.com/Rg7Url7mE9
— Zach Jacomowitz (@Zak_NYCMetroWx) May 24, 2014
BASE| Rain is still coming down pretty hard here in #Brooklyn. We are in an indefinite delay pic.twitter.com/Qnq85tWDjY
— BIG EAST Champs (@BIGEASTchamps) May 24, 2014
As for Philly, no one on Twitter seemed overly concerned. The teams returned to action after a 43-minute delay.