Snowflake Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Yesterday was a pretty normal Saturday around here. I was in a neighboring town and headed home watching an upcoming storm. I mentioned to the person I was with that it looked like it was right over my house. We had a few sprinkles on the windshield, yet it wasn't actually raining. We watched cloud-to-cloud lightning and some cloud-to-ground and pulled into the garage and "safety". Having been in the car and hearing water, first place I headed to was the bathroom - walking through the living room, the entire house lit up and the thunder hit immediately. I yelled to Mark to check on his son who had just went outside to walk a puppy with a smaller bladder... Son and dog were fine - but ten minutes later, my mother called me and was breathless. All she could really spit out was "you need to come down here" - they live next door, the living room side of my house. How close was that lightning? About 100 yards from my house. This is my parents' garage: This tree is right next to the driveway - it EXPLODED, shooting wood pieces everywhere, a mere five minutes after my nephews rode out of the driveway on their bicycles: Two-thirds of the tree is missing, shredded from the base and peeling like a banana - this tree was close to 60 feet tall. You can see there's wood on the roof of the garage - there's siding damage, as well. What you can't see are the branches behind the garage and the giant "lawn darts" in the front yard. Always something exciting going on for the country folk... Five years ago, the centuries old oak tree in the field behind this house was struck by lightning - it happened while my mother was looking at it. This time, she didn't see the strike, just wood flying everywhere past the living room windows. What's funny is that I was telling the person with me the story of that lightning strike on the way home and then THIS happened. Cheap foreshadowing for a TV movie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Wow Beck-- glad no one was close by. Neat pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda661 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Becky: Thank goodness everyone is OK. I am starting to wonder about you, gal.....elevator incident, now this (and I swear there is another thing or two that memory isn't being kind to me at the moment about you)... That's enough excitement, don't you think? Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stand4hope Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 OH MY GOSH!!! It just split that tree to pieces. I can imagine how grateful you all are, though, that that's all it hit! Glad everybody is ok! Lots of firewood for next winter, huh? Great pictures! Love, Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Lamb Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Glad no one got hurt.It is amazing the power of Mother Nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail p-m Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 WOW! Glad everyone is okay -- that's something you won't soon forget. gail p-m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 The weather has gone crazy lately. Never know where anything will strike. Glad you and your mom are alright. Awesome pics though. Maryanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindi o'h Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Dang that looks frightening. I bet it was a loud kkkraaaackkkk. yikes. Glad all are safe and sound. Cindi o'h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C. Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 So glad everybody is fine, including puppy. Cheaper ways to do firewood I think. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Wow, how scary. I am so glad you were all ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathy Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Very scary Becky, we just had some sprinkles over here on and off, I never heard any thunder or saw lightning...Glad nobody was hurt.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrnalu Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 That would have scared the H___L out of me.Thank God no one was hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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