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tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 15:18:22 Reply

apparently, i slept through a tree getting struck by lightning and falling down into the road right across from my house last night

them storms don't fuck around

city maintenance is already on it

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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 15:19:42 Reply

Zeus aimed for your car.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 15:21:49 Reply

Pretty shit weather Minnesota has had recently


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 15:22:39 Reply

At 6/22/13 03:19 PM, CosmicRainbow wrote: Zeus aimed for your car.

lol, it's my neighbors car

thank god it fell directly in the flat road and not on someone's house

we've taken to calling it, "the branch of Damocles"

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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 15:26:59 Reply

where's your god now

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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 15:44:48 Reply

city maintenance

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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 15:48:52 Reply

Be glad you weren't near it, as lightning instantly boils the sap within the tree so that it explodes, which causes it to break out as it did so. Pro tip is to not take shelter underneath a tree during a thunderstorm due to this threat.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 15:53:52 Reply

At 6/22/13 03:48 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: Be glad you weren't near it, as lightning instantly boils the sap within the tree so that it explodes, which causes it to break out as it did so. Pro tip is to not take shelter underneath a tree during a thunderstorm due to this threat.

This give me a new fantasy.

One day, I want to be in the vicinity of lightning striking a maple syrup tree! Can you imagine how good that would smell!

...I wonder if it could be done in a laboratory setting with artificial lightning. I know the local utility company rent's out their transformer (power lines, dummy) lab sometimes for weird stuff like this.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 15:54:25 Reply

Pro tip is to not take shelter underneath a tree during a thunderstorm due to this threat.

Really?! I never knew!

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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 15:55:58 Reply

At 6/22/13 03:54 PM, darkjam wrote:
Pro tip is to not take shelter underneath a tree during a thunderstorm due to this threat.
Really?! I never knew!
Sarcasm.

The best place to take shelter in a lightning storm, if no physical shelter is available, is to sit in an empty clearing, as low to the ground as possible, while removing all conducting devices from your person.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 16:10:55 Reply

At 6/22/13 03:48 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: Be glad you weren't near it, as lightning instantly boils the sap within the tree so that it explodes, which causes it to break out as it did so. Pro tip is to not take shelter underneath a tree during a thunderstorm due to this threat.

the more you know

maintenance worked fast but hey, free firewood

feel free to upload any storm photos of your own

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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 16:13:19 Reply

When I was a kid, I was sitting in my Mom's apartment during a storm, watching my cousin play FF7 when we all felt a rumbling under us and the power went out. The big tree in front of the house was struck by lightning and fell across the street onto some power lines. Good thing it didn't fall the other direction, into the house.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 16:16:45 Reply

At 6/22/13 03:55 PM, Psycho666 wrote: The best place to take shelter in a lightning storm, if no physical shelter is available, is to sit in an empty clearing, as low to the ground as possible, while removing all conducting devices from your person.

But the tips of trees offer the best view of lightning...


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 16:27:51 Reply

Isn't that like 1 out of 1,000,000 chances of that happening ? Or is that striking people ?

Go play the loto cuhz your is luck is probably up


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 16:43:22 Reply

oh no

I guess I have attempted to post illegal text.

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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 16:45:22 Reply

At 6/22/13 04:27 PM, Swag-in-a-Bag wrote: Isn't that like 1 out of 1,000,000 chances of that happening ? Or is that striking people ?

Go play the loto cuhz your is luck is probably up

There's 100 percent chance of lightning striking something in a thunderstorm.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 17:01:08 Reply

At 6/22/13 03:19 PM, CosmicRainbow wrote: Zeus aimed for your car.

You mean Thor.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 17:02:59 Reply

Glad you're safe.

Death by falling tree branches and trees is the most common of deaths during hurricanes and severe thunderstorms, or tornado warned storms aside from flooding. When NOAA tells you to seek fucking shelter and get to the innermost part of your house, they fucking mean it. I wanna scream every time I find out some kid was outside during one of these storms and dies, way to go parents.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 17:29:05 Reply

At 6/22/13 05:02 PM, PiperAnn wrote: Glad you're safe.

ty

just found a local article with a bunch of other toppled trees if anyone's interested


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 17:31:44 Reply

Lucky it didnt hit your house and get your electronics

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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 17:45:32 Reply

Maybe you should attack some kind of power chord around the neighborhood so you can harvest thunder power and become a wizard.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 17:49:07 Reply

At 6/22/13 05:45 PM, Slint wrote: Maybe you should attack some kind of power chord around the neighborhood so you can harvest thunder power and become a wizard.

Attach*

Fucking retard.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 17:52:40 Reply

Lol that's nothing to the shit I dealt with Natick. Tree got struck a whole branch on another fell luckily there was no damage.

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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 17:54:29 Reply

At 6/22/13 05:52 PM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: Lol that's nothing to the shit I dealt with Natick.

Well that's nothing compared to what happened to me once.
This one time I was walking down the street and two black gentlemen were coming my way. So I carefully crossed the street, avoiding any kind of trouble while I whispered to myself "Shit I almost got jumped" and pissed on my pants.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 17:59:36 Reply

Lol slint the weather here in Minnesota has been crazy we had 6 inches of snow mid April all this rain and now storms for the whole weekend. We had severe thunderstorms and wind at 40 Mph with gusts over 70.

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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 18:09:04 Reply

At 6/22/13 05:49 PM, Slint wrote:
At 6/22/13 05:45 PM, Slint wrote: Maybe you should attack some kind of power chord around the neighborhood so you can harvest thunder power and become a wizard.
Attach*

Fucking retard.

attacking rabid power chords would be a nice job


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 19:38:37 Reply

At 6/22/13 03:22 PM, Natick wrote:
we've taken to calling it, "the branch of Damocles"

A warning shot, eh?


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-22 21:48:28 Reply

You sleep like a rock...
But i've seen worse ;\


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-23 01:02:17 Reply

At 6/22/13 03:18 PM, Natick wrote: apparently, i slept through a tree getting struck by lightning and falling down into the road right across from my house last night

them storms don't fuck around

city maintenance is already on it

No possible way you could sleep through lightning striking this close to you. I've witnessed a bolt of lightning strike a couple houses off on the street, from inside my home's window, and the noise is huge. The only way I can describe it is as a powerful bomb going off. Every single car alarm in the street went off.


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Response to tree struck by lightning 2013-06-23 01:11:53 Reply

At 6/23/13 01:02 AM, Tekken9292 wrote: No possible way you could sleep through lightning striking this close to you. I've witnessed a bolt of lightning strike a couple houses off on the street, from inside my home's window, and the noise is huge. The only way I can describe it is as a powerful bomb going off. Every single car alarm in the street went off.

alright, truth be told, i heard a very loud bang at 10pm while drying up my porch only it was blocks away from our house and the firemen were already on their way. i never found out what it was though. still i never heard this particular tree get struck when i was awake or asleep


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