Lightning strike

[David oakman]

Found this today in the park one of my younger trees been hit the bark was 6-7 meters away:001_smile:

[David Humphries]

Interesting find David.

 

How often do you come across lightning damage?

 

Is it generally Oaks or others as well?

 

 

Are they usually in one particular area of the park?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I should go to bed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Ben90]

Nice. Has anyone seen that video on youtube that shows the aftermath of a small maple (i think) being struck by lightning? It literally explodes into a million pieces and there's hardly even a stump left. One of those million pieces ends up embedded in the side of someone's house!

 

edit: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6PJdAee7qY]I've found it.[/ame]

Edited September 15, 2009 by Ben90
I said I found it!

[Charlieh]

we had one of our big oaks hit over summer, it blew a 10" wide strip of bark of down one side of the tree, you could see where it had spiraled down the crown, but now two months on it has just shed a load of limbs mainly where the strike had spiraled through the crown, i will try and get some pics when i am up near there again

[David oakman]

All the time. Every storm i will find where it hit a oak tree. When we had this storm in the spring i looked everywhere but could not find a hit tree but i found this. Always oak most heal and live but one or two die.

[stoxs]

Had a wellingtonia around 200ft hit by lightning in the late 80`s

 

Turned it to a chard split stump of about 30ft, the debris was spread over a 200ft area.

Thankfully no people or houses near by.

 

Got some pictures somewhere if i find then i will scan them in.