User blog comment:Joekido/The most disappointing things in One Piece/@comment-178.128.11.108-20130721213350/@comment-90.203.118.43-20130722094137

I'm not sure if it's confirmed yet, but I'm pretty sure Dragon caused the lightning in Loguetown. Besides, that was hardly a central part of the plot, it was just to develop Luffy's character.