Well... there's good news, and there's bad news.
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I bet the ground was smoking after that....it caught the full brunt.
Two close encounters with lightning:
1.) Out in the yard on a cloudy day. NO signs of lightning whatsoever. Locust tree 25 feet away got popped. Bark everywhere. I don't remember hearing the thunder but remember feeling the heat...which is weird because my ears were ringing for the rest of the day.
2.) Sitting on the front porch one night with a storm coming in. Cherry tree about 50 yards away gets nailed. Loud as hell. Smoke from the ground. Circle of dead grass around the tree.
Also reminded my of my grandpa's crazy neighbor. He said the lightning struck trees were no good for firewood because they "would burn, but not put off any heat"....whatever that means.
Two close encounters with lightning:
1.) Out in the yard on a cloudy day. NO signs of lightning whatsoever. Locust tree 25 feet away got popped. Bark everywhere. I don't remember hearing the thunder but remember feeling the heat...which is weird because my ears were ringing for the rest of the day.
2.) Sitting on the front porch one night with a storm coming in. Cherry tree about 50 yards away gets nailed. Loud as hell. Smoke from the ground. Circle of dead grass around the tree.
Also reminded my of my grandpa's crazy neighbor. He said the lightning struck trees were no good for firewood because they "would burn, but not put off any heat"....whatever that means.
Backwoods Savage
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Actually, that pic is a couple of years old. The main branches are burning as I write, and it seems warm enough to me.
The main trunk is still on the ground, but that is this spring's project. With DH looking at knee replacements, and my back on the wrong side of 50, we're in no hurry.
We don't burn 24/7 primary heat anyway.
The main trunk is still on the ground, but that is this spring's project. With DH looking at knee replacements, and my back on the wrong side of 50, we're in no hurry.
We don't burn 24/7 primary heat anyway.
Lynch
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Lynch said:
It's 40 yards from our front door, in an area we routinely mow. They consider it in the yard.
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