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Pine tree vs lightning bolt - Magical Realist - Dec 27, 2020
One of those rare moments fortunately caught on video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szOnAUnuMLk&fbclid=IwAR2EbexdRRO6vZOX7ReaMpuXMZ-FTdBesImg6fEDNY_ef28sql7KKH_wWSA
RE: Pine tree vs lightning bolt - C C - Dec 27, 2020
"Scared the English language right into them."
No doubt they have their own flavor of the word, but yeah -- that was definitely the English version. At some point either prior to or after the branches battering the building, it almost looked like instant two-by-fours flying off that tree for a moment.
Years ago I remember a large oak tree on a hill that got totally obliterated when lightning struck it. Not even a jagged stump remaining, pieces scattered across the whole pasture. Never saw the incident but heard and felt the ground-rocking explosion a mile away from the neighbor's, where it happened.