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Archae

(46,301 posts) Sat Apr 10, 2021, 12:22 AM Apr 2021

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A tree in Wautoma, WI was struck by lightning...

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https://www.wbay.com/2021/04/09/need-2-see-lightning-strike-makes-timber-of-tree-at-wautoma-high-school/

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A tree in Wautoma, WI was struck by lightning... (Original Post) Archae Apr 2021 OP

I heard that crack way the hell over here. GemDigger Apr 2021 #1

wow Demovictory9 Apr 2021 #2

I'm guessing that was a spruce tree.... lastlib Apr 2021 #3

Wow, such a neat implosion, like taking down an old skyscraper soothsayer Apr 2021 #4

Whoa, that was a perfect strike. Hope there were no birds nested in the tree. Fla Dem Apr 2021 #5

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)

1. I heard that crack way the hell over here.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 12:32 AM

Apr 2021

Yowza!

Demovictory9

(32,421 posts)

2. wow

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 12:44 AM

Apr 2021

lastlib

(23,152 posts)

3. I'm guessing that was a spruce tree....

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 06:31 AM

Apr 2021

All the sap inside it it was almost certainly heated to boiling instantly--no wonder it exploded like that!

Quite amazing to watch!

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

4. Wow, such a neat implosion, like taking down an old skyscraper

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 06:49 AM

Apr 2021

Fla Dem

(23,586 posts)

5. Whoa, that was a perfect strike. Hope there were no birds nested in the tree.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 10:49 AM

Apr 2021

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