Lighting

[No-till Boss]

Took a pretty bad lighting strike last night, knocked the wifey and me out of bed. Lost a big old oak, about 100 feet from the house. I guess it can always be worst tho.
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[Buckrub]

Mother needs firewood. When it's split, bring it by.

Seriously, glad you're ok. I got caught at the local dump when it hit, couldn't drive for 20 minutes.

[Captain]

Is that what water looks like on the ground?
Glad it didn't hit the house.

[No-till Boss]

Is that what water looks like on the ground?
Glad it didn't hit the house.

Yes sir, 2.32 inches last night. I will gladly give you the rest of my rain till November 1 .

[Captain]

I'd take it in a heartbeat.
God it's awful here. Feeding hay to cows. Pastures just dust bowls

[Bwana]

Now that will get your attention!

Glad to hear you are all alright.

[No-till Boss]

I'd take it in a heartbeat.
God it's awful here. Feeding hay to cows. Pastures just dust bowls

I've been in a meeting in Stuttgart today which is two hours south of me. They had .25 for the month of July, where I had 12 inches . I thought that was a lot, till I talked to a guy from SE Mo. who had 19 inches in July alone. Crazy ass weather !

[Captain]

I cannot imagine. Even Johnson grass is dried up and died here. I've never seen that happen.

[Buckrub]

I've been in a meeting in Stuttgart today which is two hours south of me. They had .25 for the month of July, where I had 12 inches . I thought that was a lot, till I talked to a guy from SE Mo. who had 19 inches in July alone. Crazy ass weather !

Didja say hi to our farm in Sassafras Prairie (Emanuel)??? :)

[No-till Boss]

Didja say hi to our farm in Sassafras Prairie (Emanuel)??? :)

I'm not familiar where that is exactly. I was on the UofA Experiment Station Southeast of town.

[Buckrub]

Dang. Not far!

Leave there and head to Almyra. Go past Almyra and stay left on Hwy 33. About 6 miles from 'Speriment Station. After 33/153 split, say on 33 for about 3 miles. There we are.

[Thumper]

It even blew the "N" right out of lightning! ;)

[jb]

If your house runs off a well, be sure and tell your insurance company about the lighting strike, chance your well will go bad in the next 30 days.

[No-till Boss]

It even blew the "N" right out of lightning! ;)

Alright bucky jr .......

[No-till Boss]

If your house runs off a well, be sure and tell your insurance company about the lighting strike, chance your well will go bad in the next 30 days.

Thanks sir, but I'm on rural, even tho I don't have a neighbor for 2 1/2 miles .

[Buckrub]

I suspect he doesn't know what that means.

JB, the Democrats have gotten all us rural folks 'city water'............it's a great thing.

[Arty]

If your house runs off a well, be sure and tell your insurance company about the lighting strike, chance your well will go bad in the next 30 days.

Is that a fact?! (Not doubting you!) never knew that!
What for?!

I assume you mean the well will go dry, or you talking about the pump?

[No-till Boss]

Is that a fact?! (Not doubting you!) never knew that!
What for?!

I assume you mean the well will go dry, or you talking about the pump?

He's talking about the pump, their wiring is really sensitive to power surges and lightning .

[Arty]

He's talking about the pump, their wiring is really sensitive to power surges and lightning .

Ok... For a second I was thinking close lightning strikes would dry up a well and I thought that was just cool as hell!

[Captain]

I suspect he doesn't know what that means. JB, the Democrats have gotten all us rural folks 'city water'............it's a great thing.
Not at our NC it SC house they ain't.....
Still on well for both.

[Buckrub]

So sad for you.

:)

Heck, we even have city water at deer camp!!!

[BarryBobPosthole]

Lightning struck a big pecan in my front yard and stripped the bark off in a corkscrew strip about eight inches wide. Went up a long way up the tree. This tree is an old, old 60 footer that is probably four feet across. That was 16 years ago and it's still doing fine.

BKB

[Thumper]

If your house runs off a well, be sure and tell your insurance company about the lighting strike, chance your well will go bad in the next 30 days.


He's talking about the pump, their wiring is really sensitive to power surges and lightning .

I'm not sure I understand and have never heard that either. Bubba, you say "the well will go bad" ... do you mean the well itself? Or the pump as NTB says? I mean, if they are so sensitive to power surges, why don't they go out immediately after the strike? Does the well pump go out gradually? I'm with Arty, I've never heard that before but I could maybe understand the pump being damaged but taking a while to quit completely. I think. (?)

[No-till Boss]

House wells and submersible irrigation pumps are a lot alike. Both are expensive and both are sensitive to lightning strikes. With that being said, after a close powerful strike, it's probably a good idea to alert your insurance agent to the possibility of your misfortune . Don't make it harder than it needs to be thump .....

[Arty]

I'm not sure I understand and have never heard that either. Bubba, you say "the well will go bad" ... do you mean the well itself? Or the pump as NTB says? I mean, if they are so sensitive to power surges, why don't they go out immediately after the strike? Does the well pump go out gradually? I'm with Arty, I've never heard that before but I could maybe understand the pump being damaged but taking a while to quit completely. I think. (?)
Am I starting to think like a pUmPHead or is a pUmPHead staring to think like me?!? This scares me! :)

[Buckrub]

Remember who Bubba is married to.

[Thumper]

Lightning struck a big pecan in my front yard and stripped the bark off in a corkscrew strip about eight inches wide. Went up a long way up the tree. This tree is an old, old 60 footer that is probably four feet across. That was 16 years ago and it's still doing fine. BKB

We had a big (VERY BIG) pine right at the NW corner of our house and (like you), about 15-16 years ago, lightning hit that thing. It stripped the bark down to the height of the house, then jumped from the tree to the attic. It zapped most everything electrical in the house and actually blew the nails out of the studs about an inch and they were protruding through the drywall in my office! I was hoping that tree would live, because it was a real monster (a third again as tall as my 2-story house!), but no such luck ... it didn't make it.

[jb]

It'll take out the well pump, maybe over a few weeks after the damage.
Wife worked for State Farm and knew enough to record the lightning strike on the records so there was little question as to the reason the pump went out.
Our well is almost 300' deep so a new pump isn't cheap.
Other things to watch are most house hold appliances, over time they can also show damage due to electrical surges.

[BarryBobPosthole]

Lightning is amazing. The differences in potential are like 100,000 volts and the temperatures are up to four times hotter than the sun. Current values measuring in megaamps, which is just friggin unheard of.
Its no wonder stuff that is well grounded to the earth gets a jolt if its nearby.
Which is why you don't wanna be sitting in a boat with a graphite rod in your hand.

BKB

[Buckrub]

Lightning is amazing. The differences in potential are like 100,000 volts and the temperatures are up to four times hotter than the sun. Current values measuring in megaamps, which is just friggin unheard of.
Its no wonder stuff that is well grounded to the earth gets a jolt if its nearby.
Which is why you don't wanna be sitting in a boat with a graphite rod in your hand.

BKB

Then how would Thump pee?

[No-till Boss]

This tree will not live if anyone was wondering ..... not a chance !

[Buckrub]

As I said..........firewood..........mother's house..........next door..........split..........be a friend...........

[No-till Boss]

We'll see after harvest, I don't stack tho.

[Buckrub]

I'll stack. I'm a great Pilot.

[No-till Boss]

Tree update
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[Buckrub]

Yes. Those appear to be trees.

Thank you.

[Nandy]

I think he is pointing out the tree is dead.... But, I could be wrong.

[Buckrub]

Oh. Then clearly I'm color blind.

[No-till Boss]

Come on bucky....... lol

[Buckrub]

Well, it looks green to me!

[No-till Boss]

Well, it looks green to me!

It's stone cold brown.....and LARGE !

[Captain]

Am I starting to think like a pUmPHead or is a pUmPHead staring to think like me?!? This scares me! :)
Y'all are even starting to look alike! :D

[Arty]

Y'all are even starting to look alike! :D

God help me....

[Thumper]

You should be so lucky ... oh, and I DO see the dead/dying tree. ;)

[Captain]

I see green ground covering, that brings back memories of years gone by. I see what I suppose is WATER (?) in a ditch. Seems like I remember water... I see green trees and one turning the color of all trees on the SC Farm.