Last Nights storm!!!

Tim Kirkwood

I was sitting on the back porch, enjoying a adult beverage:1drink and listening to the rain hit my metal roof over the back porch. Well all of a sudden this CRACK!!! STOOOD me up in a hurry! A large tree just 15 foot from me was hit by lightning! The lightning was the loudest crack as it came down! There was parts of the tree shot everywhere! Some as thick as 1". After the storm a neighbor and I was looking into the damage and found that some of the large pieces were shot into the front yard even!


I have never had lightning hit that close to me. My heart raced for an hour after this event. I am just glad I was ok.


Here are a few shots of the tree. Sorry for the quality these are just for story telling, not photo critique.

Tim Kirkwood

The lightning blew a hole into the trunk up high and then there is a 1" deep path all the way down where it traveled to the ground!

Tim Kirkwood

Last one, Large pieces are lying all over my yard.

mslammers

Wow
Quite a blast. I don't need any of those.

Tim Kirkwood wrote:

Last one, Large pieces are lying all over my yard.

Tim Kirkwood

I can send you lots of fire wood Mel:D I am pretty sure this 50 foot tall tree is going to have to come down.:cry :cry :cry :cry I love the trees in my yard, they are so tall and nice and mature. Hate to see one go.

Angelo

Wow Tim. Scary encounter. Glad it wasn't worse and that you're safe.

Higgmeister

Glad noone was hurt.
I love lightening, but not that close.

Chris

Tim Kirkwood

Angelo wrote:

Wow Tim. Scary encounter. Glad it wasn't worse and that you're safe.

Thanks Angelo. Me too


Tim

Tim Kirkwood

Higgmeister wrote:

I love lightening, but not that close.

Chris

Chris,

I too like the lightning. I was just thinking right before this happened that I should get the camera out but after this I was not about to go back outside.:uhoh



Tim