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Originally Posted by 20_range
During my research into the atmospheric phenomena of Maracaibo Bay, Venezuela, it came to my attention that the NHL team in Tampa Bay is also named after the frequency of lightning strikes in that area. (I'm not very informed about this sport  ) So here this is as the Tampa Bay Lightning, including the Trop, on the off chance that someone likes what I've made and wants to rebrand the Rays with it rather than put a team in faraway Maracaibo |
Can confirm that the Tampa Bay Lighting are pretty good at hockey and there are a lot of lighting strikes in Central Florida. From late March to early September we have afternoon tropical thunderstorms on a near daily basis. The "sunshine state" moniker is just good advertising.