Some weeks ago, lightning struck a bunch of trees and killed them.
During Hurricane Nicole, two of them fell across the front driveway.
A little chainsaw work cleared the driveway.
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Lightning, Hurricane, Chainsaw
These two pictures are from November 5, 2022. Notice how the dead trees are in a line. Continue reading
This tree was
struck by lightning almost two years ago and then pine beetles got into it. It’s been dead for more than a year, and it was leaning towards the house, so we had to take it down.
Distant
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Picture by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 18 June 2012.
Zoom:
Gretchen went back inside after lightning struck a tree less than 100 feet from where she was taking this video two years ago. This is the tree we had to take down last week. Strike:
Strike
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 August 2010.
Streak:
That’s not dawn in the picture to the right;
the camera is facing north in the middle of the night.
Trees blew down in
this storm:
Video by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 April 2011.
Once it got closer, it was more lightning than thunder: Continue reading