• Re: Lighten struck pine tree.

    From DaveInSoTex@21:1/5 to Unk on Sat Jan 7 09:30:48 2023
    On 12/29/2022 1:45 AM, Unk wrote:
    The strike was only a few inches wide and completely  straight. Could
    this have been a meteor? If it was infact lightening how deep would lightening stone be found?

    In 1975 I was living in a rent house that had a sizeable
    cottonwood tree in the front yard.
    I arrived home from work oneday to find three or four elementary
    school aged kids in my yard staring at and jabbering about the tree.
    When queried one of them excitedly described the lightening that had
    struck the tree.
    There was a 4 inch wide area of stripped bark that took a turn at
    one of the lower limbs whose length it traversed before jumping to the
    --
    Dave in SoTex

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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 7 13:23:24 2023
    Unk <bd12387e83679e120169d6437d3f2206@example.com> on Thu, 29 Dec 2022
    07:45:03 +0000 typed in rec.woodworking the following:
    The strike was only a few inches wide and completely straight. Could this have been a meteor? If it was infact lightening how deep would lightening stone be found?

    Lightening does that.

    not knowing what a lightening stone is, I couldn't say.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

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  • From Bob Martin@21:1/5 to pyotr filipivich on Sun Jan 8 07:29:28 2023
    On 7 Jan 2023 at 21:23:24, pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:
    Unk <bd12387e83679e120169d6437d3f2206@example.com> on Thu, 29 Dec 2022 07:45:03 +0000 typed in rec.woodworking the following:
    ** >The strike was only a few inches wide and completely straight. Could this have been a meteor? If it was
    ** infact lightening how deep would lightening stone be found?

    Lightening does that.

    not knowing what a lightening stone is, I couldn't say.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

    There is no 'e' in lightning.

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  • From Markem618@21:1/5 to Bob Martin on Sun Jan 8 09:23:15 2023
    On 8 Jan 2023 07:29:28 GMT, Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> wrote:

    On 7 Jan 2023 at 21:23:24, pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:
    Unk <bd12387e83679e120169d6437d3f2206@example.com> on Thu, 29 Dec 2022
    07:45:03 +0000 typed in rec.woodworking the following:
    ** >The strike was only a few inches wide and completely straight. Could this have been a meteor? If it was
    ** infact lightening how deep would lightening stone be found?

    Lightening does that.

    not knowing what a lightening stone is, I couldn't say.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

    There is no 'e' in lightning.

    Electrical kind yep, weight wise yes it is. Have seen examples soil
    vitrified by lightning, but not stones they usually pop.

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  • From DerbyDad03@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 8 14:20:31 2023
    On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 10:23:23 AM UTC-5, Markem618 wrote:
    On 8 Jan 2023 07:29:28 GMT, Bob Martin <bob.m...@excite.com> wrote:

    On 7 Jan 2023 at 21:23:24, pyotr filipivich <ph...@mindspring.com> wrote:
    Unk <bd12387e83679e12...@example.com> on Thu, 29 Dec 2022
    07:45:03 +0000 typed in rec.woodworking the following:
    ** >The strike was only a few inches wide and completely straight. Could this have been a meteor? If it was
    ** infact lightening how deep would lightening stone be found?

    Lightening does that.

    not knowing what a lightening stone is, I couldn't say.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

    There is no 'e' in lightning.
    Electrical kind yep, weight wise yes it is. Have seen examples soil
    vitrified by lightning, but not stones they usually pop.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgurite

    Fulgurites (from Latin fulgur 'lightning', and -ite), commonly known as "fossilized lightning", are
    natural tubes, clumps, or masses of sintered, vitrified, and/or fused soil, sand, rock, organic
    debris and other sediments that sometimes form when lightning discharges into ground.

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  • From Clare Snyder@21:1/5 to teamarrows@eznet.net on Sun Jan 8 18:38:51 2023
    On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 14:20:31 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
    <teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:

    On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 10:23:23 AM UTC-5, Markem618 wrote:
    On 8 Jan 2023 07:29:28 GMT, Bob Martin <bob.m...@excite.com> wrote:

    On 7 Jan 2023 at 21:23:24, pyotr filipivich <ph...@mindspring.com> wrote: >> >> Unk <bd12387e83679e12...@example.com> on Thu, 29 Dec 2022
    07:45:03 +0000 typed in rec.woodworking the following:
    ** >The strike was only a few inches wide and completely straight. Could this have been a meteor? If it was
    ** infact lightening how deep would lightening stone be found?

    Lightening does that.

    not knowing what a lightening stone is, I couldn't say.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

    There is no 'e' in lightning.
    Electrical kind yep, weight wise yes it is. Have seen examples soil
    vitrified by lightning, but not stones they usually pop.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgurite

    Fulgurites (from Latin fulgur 'lightning', and -ite), commonly known as "fossilized lightning", are
    natural tubes, clumps, or masses of sintered, vitrified, and/or fused soil, sand, rock, organic
    debris and other sediments that sometimes form when lightning discharges into ground.
    And virtually never occur when a tree is struck.

    I've seen trees turned into huge bundles of toothpicks by a lightning
    strike - - -

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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 8 16:00:57 2023
    DerbyDad03 <teamarrows@eznet.net> on Sun, 8 Jan 2023 14:20:31 -0800
    (PST) typed in rec.woodworking the following:
    On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 10:23:23 AM UTC-5, Markem618 wrote:
    On 8 Jan 2023 07:29:28 GMT, Bob Martin <bob.m...@excite.com> wrote:

    On 7 Jan 2023 at 21:23:24, pyotr filipivich <ph...@mindspring.com> wrote: >> >> Unk <bd12387e83679e12...@example.com> on Thu, 29 Dec 2022
    07:45:03 +0000 typed in rec.woodworking the following:
    ** >The strike was only a few inches wide and completely straight. Could this have been a meteor? If it was
    ** infact lightening how deep would lightening stone be found?

    Lightening does that.

    not knowing what a lightening stone is, I couldn't say.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

    There is no 'e' in lightning.
    Electrical kind yep, weight wise yes it is. Have seen examples soil
    vitrified by lightning, but not stones they usually pop.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgurite

    Fulgurites (from Latin fulgur 'lightning', and -ite), commonly known as "fossilized lightning", are
    natural tubes, clumps, or masses of sintered, vitrified, and/or fused soil, sand, rock, organic
    debris and other sediments that sometimes form when lightning discharges into ground.

    Cool.

    Or is that "Zot!"
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

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  • From Leon@21:1/5 to Bob Martin on Tue Jan 10 08:39:33 2023
    On 1/8/2023 1:29 AM, Bob Martin wrote:
    On 7 Jan 2023 at 21:23:24, pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:
    Unk <bd12387e83679e120169d6437d3f2206@example.com> on Thu, 29 Dec 2022
    07:45:03 +0000 typed in rec.woodworking the following:
    ** >The strike was only a few inches wide and completely straight. Could this have been a meteor? If it was
    ** infact lightening how deep would lightening stone be found?

    Lightening does that.

    not knowing what a lightening stone is, I couldn't say.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

    There is no 'e' in lightning.



    Correct! But there is an "e" in lightening. ;~)

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  • From krw@notreal.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 10 10:40:14 2023
    On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:39:33 -0600, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
    wrote:

    On 1/8/2023 1:29 AM, Bob Martin wrote:
    On 7 Jan 2023 at 21:23:24, pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote: >>> Unk <bd12387e83679e120169d6437d3f2206@example.com> on Thu, 29 Dec 2022
    07:45:03 +0000 typed in rec.woodworking the following:
    ** >The strike was only a few inches wide and completely straight. Could this have been a meteor? If it was
    ** infact lightening how deep would lightening stone be found?

    Lightening does that.

    not knowing what a lightening stone is, I couldn't say.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

    There is no 'e' in lightning.



    Correct! But there is an "e" in lightening. ;~)

    "Paint it white"

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