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    Posted: 18 July 2006 at 6:14pm

hello. im sitting in my house and there was a bolt of lightning that hit my tree in the back yard.  it was kinda cool. -i saw it come down the hit the tree. and now the tree is half gone

the last time i was in a thunder storm was when i was camping out in a tent on this lake. -the next thing you know, we look up and theres a funnel comming down. -yes this was in maine. crazy i know

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hm, cool

I have three giant trees in my yard and they never got hit, i wanna see one get smoked one day

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where do you live?
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Originally posted by youm0nt youm0nt wrote:

where do you live?

 

United States, Maine 04605

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Lest time a tree came down near our house we got sued. 
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Originally posted by benttwig33 benttwig33 wrote:

hm, cool

I have three giant trees in my yard and they never got hit, i wanna see one get smoked one day


Not up close you dont.

I saw a lightning strike right across a river from me once, that was close enough.
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^^ its kinda scary when bolts of lightning come down all over the place

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There was a big storm last night around where I live. There was an estimated 500 power generators out. It's almost the same time next day and theres an estimated 500 or so street lights still out oO
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We don't get em too bad here, but there was this one storm that was really close and it felt like the house was gonna separate from the foundation.

But I have never been cool enough to see a bolt hit the ground.
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Originally posted by Thatoneguy123 Thatoneguy123 wrote:

There was a big storm last night around where I live. There was an estimated 500 power generators out. It's almost the same time next day and theres an estimated 500 or so street lights still out oO
  thats weird..

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Originally posted by Thatoneguy123 Thatoneguy123 wrote:

There was an estimated 500 power generators out.

That seems like an awfully big number...   I would think if 500 power plants went down it would make national headlines (not to mention major problems).  Unless you mean 500 backyard home generators?
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Stand near the tree and you will be safe from lightning for ever.
Because it never strikes in the same place twice.
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Lighting stuck my driveway once when I was just walking out the door... It hit so hard I fell to the ground because my knees were shaking so bad...
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i saw an eltric pole that got hit by lightning , pretty crazy stuff
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Originally posted by Enos Shenk Enos Shenk wrote:

Originally posted by benttwig33 benttwig33 wrote:

hm, cool

I have three giant trees in my yard and they never got hit, i wanna see one get smoked one day


Not up close you dont.

I saw a lightning strike right across a river from me once, that was close enough.


He speaks the truth.

At Philmont lightning struck pretty damn close to us and it was loud enough to make one of the guys drop to his knees. 
 
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Originally posted by Darur Darur wrote:

Originally posted by Enos Shenk Enos Shenk wrote:

Originally posted by benttwig33 benttwig33 wrote:

hm, cool

I have three giant trees in my yard and they never got hit, i wanna see one get smoked one day


Not up close you dont.

I saw a lightning strike right across a river from me once, that was close enough.


He speaks the truth.

At Philmont lightning struck pretty damn close to us and it was loud enough to make one of the guys drop to his knees. 
 


Yeah thats what happened to me...
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