We were out when Monday nights thunderstorm hit. It was a short but intense storm. On returning home we found the house in darkness and the safety switch had triggered. Slowly returning the power we found our phone was burnt out but otherwise everything else was fine. Next day walking across a field there were pieces of timber lying about. This baffled me until I saw this gum tree. It had been hit by lightning, blown to pieces, a huge split down the trunk and the branches spread beneath it. I'm glad the field was empty! Lots of wood to cut and maybe we'll need to cut the trunk down too. No sign of burning though. Natures power is amazing.
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