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capnhowdy · 07-12-2005, 05:42 PM

A friend & I were sitting on my porch Sat. watching the torrential rainfall of Dennis. We could hear ocasional thunder very far away.
All the sudden BOOM!... The lightning had struck a mere 80 yds from where we were sitting. The tree was an 100 ft. hickory and it blew the whole damn top out of the tree. We found debris 100 yds. away. We were looking directly at the tree when the strike occured. Pieces of wood like 2 x 4's were like projectiles suspended in the air.
I fell lucky that noone was hurt (except for the skid marks in our drawers). This is probably the most awesome experience I've ever had when it comes to nature. Pardon the poor quality of the images.. Guess you had to be there.
What an awesome display of POWER.
Never been looking at lightning when it struck until now. Scared the hell outa capnhowdy.

07-12-2005, 05:42 PM	#1
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Awesome Lightning Experience A friend & I were sitting on my porch Sat. watching the torrential rainfall of Dennis. We could hear ocasional thunder very far away. All the sudden BOOM!... The lightning had struck a mere 80 yds from where we were sitting. The tree was an 100 ft. hickory and it blew the whole damn top out of the tree. We found debris 100 yds. away. We were looking directly at the tree when the strike occured. Pieces of wood like 2 x 4's were like projectiles suspended in the air. I fell lucky that noone was hurt (except for the skid marks in our drawers). This is probably the most awesome experience I've ever had when it comes to nature. Pardon the poor quality of the images.. Guess you had to be there. What an awesome display of POWER. Never been looking at lightning when it struck until now. Scared the hell outa capnhowdy. Attached Images __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.