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07-JUL-2009

don't stand under a tree in a thunder storm

Lightning struck this tree splitting it in half and starting a fire in the stump.
A nearby sheep was killed. Could have been worse, the chapel and school are only a few yards away.


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Carole Stevens08-Jul-2009 18:40
Oh wow, incredible capture, now that's scary!
globalgadabout08-Jul-2009 15:33
a close call for the school then...and final call for the tree and the unlucky sheep...lesson learned...V
laine08-Jul-2009 09:42
And it happens in a blink of an eye...I know !!
Cindi Smith08-Jul-2009 02:14
Yep, that would have hurt if you had stood under that tree. Poor old tree......:(
s_barbour08-Jul-2009 02:00
Wow, how awful...glad nobody was hurt!
marie-jose wolff08-Jul-2009 00:34
powerful image!
...so, don't stand under a tree in a thunderstorm! V
Faye White08-Jul-2009 00:32
Mother Nature means business! It's a shame to lose a big tree like this though. Poor sheep... :(
Scott Browne07-Jul-2009 22:01
Wow.
Stewart Mitchell07-Jul-2009 21:37
You are quite right....stand out to one side so that you can get a good shot of the strike!!
Doug Cruden07-Jul-2009 21:25
LOL@Paul :o) That must have been some strike to knock down that old tree...
Máire Uí Mhaicín07-Jul-2009 20:50
Old wives' tales sometimes hold the truth.
Guest 07-Jul-2009 20:50
Great stuff electricity, all that power from the sky for free and you waste it starting a BBQ
Neil Horner07-Jul-2009 20:26
So wheres the shot of the lightning hitting the tree ! ;)
Phillip Normanton07-Jul-2009 19:52
I bet that tree's never been in the church, even as a sapling - that'll be why ;o)
Kevin Chester07-Jul-2009 19:47
Fresh roast lamb,for your tea that night then. It really shows the power, that thing must be 3ft across
Colin Storey07-Jul-2009 19:30
Wow, glad you were'nt under it, destructive power of mother nature.
Zak07-Jul-2009 19:29
has it been thundering then? been nice here! :-p
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