Slightly tangential, my hope is that the Blitzortung project picks up momentum.

> Blitzortung.org and Lightningmaps.org are world-wide non-commercial low-cost community-based lightning detection and lightning location networks. They provide free real time lightning maps for a lot of count

[docs of the projects](https://docs.lightningmaps.org)

[real-time lightening map](https://map.blitzortung.org)