Posted by kencombs on September 17, 2021 at 10:03:51 from (108.208.32.113):
In Reply to: Re: Lightening strikes posted by Phil-mar Farms on September 17, 2021 at 09:41:46:
Came home one morning at about 2am from a family trip to Italy to find 'something' scattered all over the front porch. One of those big full width of the house + wrap around one side type. Just covered with stuff.
When the sun came up we found that a huge tree near the curb had been struck. this was an elm that had somehow survived the Dutch Elm disease and was well over 3ft in diameter. The stuff on the porch was bits of bark, all of the bark in a strip nearly 2ft wide was just gone. The trunk and major limbs were broken end to end, but still attached and standing. My understanding of the damage is that is caused by the water in the wood instantly flashing to steam in the ground path of the strike.
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