Lol that was 2011 during my hiatus from AS!Fixed it Steve .
Lol that was 2011 during my hiatus from AS!Fixed it Steve .
We'll let it slide this time .Lol that was 2011 during my hiatus from AS!
My grandparents house was struck twice during the 44 years they lived there. First time it burned out the tv. Their dog was laying right in front of it and was deathly afraid of storms from that day forward.Lightning struck my chimney right after we built the house. My wife came running in the kitchen screaming. I said , don't worry, the house is grounded. She said , "aren't you afraid the house is one fire?". I said, "No not worried". My daughter was still using a booster chair at the table. I said, "Jen, you worried?". She shook her head no. Told the wife I'd check it out after lunch. It did blow out every electrical appliance in the house, and when I went outside, there was a great big chunk of my chimney sitting in the front seat of my brand new car.
Yep that’s what I’m pretty much doing every night now, on the milder nights I put them across the other way as it’s a slower burn. I’ve got a little yard stick marked up with width, depth and height of the fire box. The overnight stuff I’m burning now went through the yard stick splitting process two years ago. It’s a delight to have two monster logs which only just fit in the fire place, pretty much load the fire twice in a 24hr period.
The weather man was saying on the news last night that yesterday (11th of July) is statistically the coldest day in southern Australia so statistically it will get hotter from here on.
Nice score Cowboy, hard to beat the heat of a good dense gum. What part of Vic are you located?
Here's the locust.about 100 feet from the house and about 30 feet from were my wifes brand new F-250 was sitting. there are 2 locust trees growing about 2 feet apart. the lightning hit the one and came part way down and jumped to the other. looks like they died so they will be firewood next fall.@farmer steve you should get a pic of the locust that was hit across from the shop. Never seen anything get hit. There's one tree along the drive way that looks like it took a hit but it's still getting leaves on it so I guess it kind of recovered.
Here's the locust.about 100 feet from the house and about 30 feet from were my wifes brand new F-250 was sitting. there are 2 locust trees growing about 2 feet apart. the lightning hit the one and came part way down and jumped to the other. looks like they died so they will be firewood next fall.View attachment 662739 View attachment 662740 View attachment 662741
There sure is, and I'm glad you drew that stick lol..
Reading all these stories makes me think there’s probably a decent chance of getting hit by lightening at some point in your life.
You make your wife park that far from the house .100 feet from the house and about 30 feet from were my wifes brand new F-250 was sitting.
I’ve heard that and also heard that if you burn lightning struck wood, superstition says it will burn your house down.Looks like tasty future firewood to me, FS .
I have been told that lighting struck trees are no good as firewood. Rumour goes that when they get hit, the volatiles in the wood evaporate and the wood just smoulders in the firebox. I have no evidence, either empirical or from personal experience to back this up. Pure hearsay. Anyone know if this is correct or not?
Logic tells me that even if those flamey volatiles have evaporated, lightning struck wood chucked into a hot firebox will at the very least burn like a similarly sized lump of charcoal.
All of the stories about struck trees not burning well, or popping and spitting, are just stories. We took down many lightning struck trees when Dad was in business. Most were big Oaks and Tulip Poplars, the tallest trees in the area, they all burned normally.I’ve heard that and also heard that if you burn lightning struck wood, superstition says it will burn your house down.
I’ve only processed a couple of lightning struck trees and made sure they went to a place where they could not be burned indoors.