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5 years ago I was dismantling a monster oak in te new forest area. Heard the dreaded rumble and within seconds a tree in the same street got hit by lightening!!!! I got down so quick I burnt my hand from the friction!!!

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I was working in the woods once and the heavens opened. We cracked on then it started coming on ridiculously heavy. The climbing was finished but we still had a fair bit of clearing up to do. It got so heavy and then a bit of thunder so we grabbed the tools and ran about 300metres back to the truck.

 

We were sat in the truck waiting it out when we heard what sounded like a bomb going off. A tree about 50 foot to the left had been struck by lightening and when it traveled down to the main union it was like a bomb going off. The whole woods and cab lit up like a camera flash. You have never seen 3 arbs leg it so quick from the truck. I half expected to hear the freak as the tree collapsed so I headed for a clearing.

 

The tree never fell, we thought best to get out of there for the day but then we realised we had to get a tracked chipper out and an aluminium ladder back to the truck.

 

As you could probably guess, nobody wanted to get the ladder... ;)

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Couple of weeks ago I was about 25ft up a Willow tree doing a thinning and it started to get a bit windy with a bit of drizzle (Willows move a lot without any wind!), all of a sudden it started to chuck it down and the wind really started to pick up! I bombed it out of the tree and pulled my ropes down. As I was just about cleared up I heard the thunder rolling in. That was my note to get the hell outta dodge :):lol:

 

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If you dont mind being in a tree with a belt full of lightning conductors then fine.

 

Last time I was in a tree and I heard a rumble of thunder I recon I was on the ground by the time the rumble finished.

 

Also - if you hear thunder you know that particular lightning strike must have missed you OR you've been zapped and survived it.

 

Golf courses are another good place to be in a T. Storm

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