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PinYour Wyoming Sunrise: Friday, May 8, 2026

Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by Madeline Logan-Davis at Granite Springs Reservoir. Madeline writes, "A big sky moment that makes my day before it's begun. Heading out for a fabulous day, feeling thankful for the fresh snow and the early morning reflections."

Photo by Madeline Logan-Davis

Today's question to Don Day

Mark James Mullins of Douglas
In regard to your thunderstorm season article, can you reassess the data on a per-capita basis, especially when considering population of the states? It could affect me as I own a hill on my property which I plan a communications tower and likely will have a lightning rod installed when it goes in.
Don Day
FEMA has a good lightning database that takes into account lightning risk, potential property loss, etc. based on population and lightning frequency. Data is available on a county by county basis. Lots and lots of lightning data available here which may help in quest for more lightning information. https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/lightning
DD