The photo of lightning striking before the Ravens-Chiefs opener is absolutely incredible

The Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens are set to kick off the 2024 NFL season at Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night. There’s just one problem: the weather isn’t exactly cooperating.

A storm hit the Kansas City area an hour before the game started and lightning was reported in the area. One of those lightning strikes was caught on camera in a wild photo below.

This photo 😱

(via @NBCSports) pic.twitter.com/smd5vwK5Bv

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) September 5, 2024

This is an absolutely crazy photo.

Officials cleared the seats and sent the players back to their locker rooms to wait out the storm.

They cleared the seats at Arrowhead Stadium and lightning just struck nearby. The forecast is for heavy rain for the next 50 minutes. This definitely put a damper on the Chiefs fans’ pregame party. pic.twitter.com/qHkUFQWQKw

— Ryan Mink (@ryanmink) September 5, 2024

At last check, players were scheduled to begin a 25-minute warmup at 8 p.m. ET, then there would be about 14 minutes of pregame ceremonies and the game would start about 20 minutes later than originally scheduled.

It looks like the weather gods are making us wait a little longer for the 2024 NFL season to officially begin. That’s really not cool. Don’t they know Taylor Swift is in attendance?

Hopefully things will start soon, NFL fans have waited long enough.