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So I'm guessing lightning kilt my tree(Pic included)
Posted on 8/7/12 at 8:52 am
Posted on 8/7/12 at 8:52 am
I got home yesterday to a nudist tree. Apparently lightning hit it and according to my neighbor, blew all the bark off. There was pieces of bark about 10-15ft from the truck. This tree is almost 30 years old and there's not a single piece of bark left up the first 15ft of the truck or so. Ive never seen anything like that. There's also a big split in it that runs about 10 ft long. RIP tree.
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Posted on 8/7/12 at 8:55 am to YOURADHERE
1. Make baseball bat
2. Profit
2. Profit
Posted on 8/7/12 at 8:56 am to YOURADHERE
Yep, he dead.
Looks pretty cool though.
Looks pretty cool though.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 8:56 am to Jester
that blows
Posted on 8/7/12 at 8:58 am to YOURADHERE
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Looks pretty cool though.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:14 am to Shanesix
I saw a tree that got hit by lightning right off Parker by LSU's south gates. There were pieces of bark about 50 yards off in the parking lot. It's crazy how much energy gets transferred into the tree.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:15 am to YOURADHERE
If its close to your house or any buildings you should go ahead and cut that baby down now... if it falls on your house your homeowners insurance usually doesn't cover dead tree damage.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:17 am to Jester
I planned on hand whittling toothpicks out of the entire thing. What sucks is it's in a group of 6 trees in the front yard so a missing tree out of the group would look retarded. I might reattach the bark and see if it'll heal itself.
ETA: It's not close to the house or in any danger of falling on anything except the other trees.
ETA: It's not close to the house or in any danger of falling on anything except the other trees.
This post was edited on 8/7/12 at 9:18 am
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:20 am to YOURADHERE
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It's not close to the house or in any danger of falling on anything except the other trees.
thats good now you just have to worry about it getting infested with beetles or some other crap and it effecting the other 5 trees.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:21 am to YOURADHERE
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I might reattach the bark and see if it'll heal itself.
use Elmer's glue, it's organic, which is safer for the tree
the process of homogenieting is slow, but it should work
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:24 am to YOURADHERE
Throw some varnish on it. That would be sweet.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:26 am to deaconjones35
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:26 am to YOURADHERE
There could be some parts of the tree survive. If you see some green branches in two weeks that is the part that survived.
Not likely since all the bark got detached from the trunk. Very likely all the sap got boiled out of the trunk.
Not likely since all the bark got detached from the trunk. Very likely all the sap got boiled out of the trunk.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:27 am to YOURADHERE
Got one of mine last week & it blew bark about 50 yards in all directions. Was gonna cut it in firewood but FIL said a tree that has been struck by lighting won't burn worth a shite. Anybody ever here of this?
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:27 am to Nodust
Am I the only one who cant see pitchers?
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:28 am to Hammertime
Seeing that everyone commented on it, I'd say yes. 
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:29 am to Nascar Fan
quote:I've heard of it but not sure why. I've made firewood out of them before and didn't notice a difference.
FIL said a tree that has been struck by lighting won't burn worth a shite. Anybody ever here of this?
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:33 am to Nodust
the lightning strike burns off all the residual heat from the wood, therefore it will not burn
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:34 am to PapaPogey
quote:I have tried in like 5 times. Ever time I am thinking....wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, and boom! It doesn't show up
Seeing that everyone commented on it, I'd say yes.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:35 am to Salmon
Maybe so. The wood should be drier. The reason trees split is the sap boiling and then finding an opening to escape as steam. But that's mostly on the surface. The heartwood has less sap than the outer half inch.
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