Nothing to do with any utility, these still were powerful blasts of electricity in central Kansas—hence the title. The front flank of an elongated, line-embedded supercell erupted with several of these brilliant, forked discharges in the same general area, before getting unsafely close. If this sparky storm’s lightning amperage were able to be harnessed and stored, it could have powered the entire state for awhile.
5 N Brookville KS (8 May 21) Looking WNW
38.8421, -97.8736