Well Ben, I hate to be the one to zap you with this bolt of news, but we do in fact get lightning in Anchorage. Not as nearly as often as other places in the world, but we do get it.

A few years back a couple were injured by lightning up near the ski area at Arctic Valley, just above town.

My personal experience is that lightning storms in Anchorage are increasing in frequency,relative to when I first got here in 1984. Lots of other folks agree. See Thunder, lightning increase in Anchorage .

Interior Alaska regularly gets lots of lightning storms, which cause many fires.