Comments on: Tree Struck by Lightning? What a Lightning Strike Really Looks Like. http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/tree-struck-by-lightning-what-a-lightening-strike-really-looks-like/ Tree Health Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:50:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kameronhttp://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/tree-struck-by-lightning-what-a-lightening-strike-really-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-3473 Kameron Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:30:43 +0000 http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/?p=336#comment-3473 What will happen if you are standing next to a tree, when it's struck by lightning? What will happen if you are standing next to a tree, when it’s struck by lightning?

]]> By: Rob.Kornackihttp://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/tree-struck-by-lightning-what-a-lightening-strike-really-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-3304 Rob.Kornacki Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:33:30 +0000 http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/?p=336#comment-3304 I was standing maybe 20 feet away and indoors when a flash of lightning must have hit my tree. But...the gouge in the tree is maybe 3 feet from the ground to 7 feet and only about 1" wide. Was it a minor lightning stike (although it sure got my attention and sounded lik a rifle shot). Do you think the tree is now so compromised as to have to be cut down? It is a green ash that I planted from a sapling in 1987.Rob I was standing maybe 20 feet away and indoors when a flash of lightning must have hit my tree. But…the gouge in the tree is maybe 3 feet from the ground to 7 feet and only about 1″ wide. Was it a minor lightning stike (although it sure got my attention and sounded lik a rifle shot). Do you think the tree is now so compromised as to have to be cut down? It is a green ash that I planted from a sapling in 1987.

Rob

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