SEATTLE - You probably saw it and tried to take cover.

Lightning is lighting up the skies as thunderstorms roll through the Puget Sound region, beginning late Wednesday night through Thursday morning.

KING / Greg Thies

Greg Thies shot this photo from the Issaquah Highlands as thunderstorms moved through area about 10 - 11 p.m. Wednesday.

"We've had over 2,500 recorded lightning bolts over the course of the last 24 hours, and they continue to hit us," said KING 5 Meteorologist Rich Marriott.

Greg Thies shot this photo from the Issaquah Highlands as thunderstorms moved through area about 10 - 11 p.m. Wednesday.

Heavy thunder and lightning were recorded in Seattle, Everett, Issaquah and west of Bellingham, and were especially numerous in the south Sound area around Enumclaw, Buckley and Black Diamond. The lightning caused scattered power outages in some areas.

Lightning, thunder, clouds and heavy rain showers will continue throughout the day, Marriott adds, as one thunderstorm moves along the Cascades and another band of thundershowers moves in. It will gradually diminish later today, leaving just showers over the the region for the Fourth of July.

Other children in the home say she slammed the little boy into his high chair three times, and the impact was so hard that he suffered a spiral fracture to his femur.

When detectives went into Seekamp's home they found deplorable conditions -- feces on the carpet and on a baby seat, as well as rotten food all over the home.

Neighbors say Seekamp has run the day care for years and they suspected there could be trouble in the home -- one described it as a "pigsty."

"For the neighbor to call this house a pigsty is probably accurate - maybe even an understatement.  Pigsty suggests that the house was dirty or unkept, this goes beyond that to the point of being unhealthy," said Ada County Sheriff Gary Raney.

"Sometimes you would see her outside like pruning her flowers and stuff and doing yard work, but really not too much of having fun with the kids.  It seemed like they were just locked in that home and didn't really let them out," said neighbor Ian Hobeck.

There could be more charges for Seekamp and her husband, including additional child abuse allegations.