People from across the Central Coast reported hearing and seeing Tuesday night's wild thunderstorm.

"There was a loud boom, boom, boom, multiple bangs. Like real loud," said Shane Hitchcock, a San Luis Obispo resident.

"It's like the sky was lit up and tons of energy. And it was exciting," said Owsley Merrell, from Halcyon.

"It was just light up the room, and it was pretty massive," said Bob Harandi, who was visiting Avila Beach from the Central Valley.

"It was pretty crazy," said Arnold Cruz, who was visiting Avila Beach from Salt Lake City.

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According to a meteorologist from the National Weather Service, Tuesday night's thunderstorm was unusually active.

"By our best count, we had on the order of 2660 total lightni

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