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Well I received a call at 3:00a.m. Friday morning saying that the old dairy barn where I work was on fire! It sure was an amazing old barn being built in the late 1800, it had stood the test of time, but one large lighting bolt took it down. A county deputy saw the bolt hit and said that it was fully engulfed in about 15 minutes-guess it was kind of dry!! We are still sorting through the rubble, but so far we have lost about 10 tractors, 5 trucks, and a lot of misc. items. This sort of thing really does humble a person!
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I'm so sorry to read this . I hope nobody got hurt . Things can be replaced but lives can't . I wish you folks the best on the replacement building & machines . Hopefully it was insured . God bless, Ken
 
That is a shame.

It truly amazes me how many fires, even here in New England, are caused by lightning. Back in the 90s when structure fires were a bit less frequent, at least 1/4 of ours where from lightning. Bit less now as other causes have become more common like electrical and heating plant. I wonder if that's the Do It Yourself movement showing?

Anyway, while back we went to a hay barn fire. Fire Captain lived across the street and witnessed the strike, even that wasn't fast enough detection to catch the fire small.
 
Forest fires caused by lightning are prevalent here in the Land of the Long Leaf Pine. During fire season, plows are called out all the time, but fortunately structure fires resulting from woods fires are very rare. A lot of controlled burning is done to prevent big fires and a lot of the ecosystems here are dependent on fire. From the pictures, it looks like a terrible loss, but it is wonderful that no one was hurt. My grandmother's house caught on fire during my brother's wedding 2 years ago due to lightning, but thankfully the caterers were there to catch it in time. We came home from the church and put it out as the fire trucks arrived, and the damage was very minor. (a lot of us on the fire dept. were at the wedding). That's the only time I've ever fought fire in a tuxedo. If it had gone a few more minutes, the heart pine in the house would have burned like matches.
 
We got a lot of damage from that storm near Spfld as well bridges washed out over 7" of rain fell in less than 1 hour ,had a few fires from lightning as well we lost a tv and phone to a strike .
 
Sorry to see your loss.

No matter how strong, big, tough something looks, Mother Nature can produce a stronger, bigger, tougher rainstorm, hailstorm, lightning, wind and on and on.

Just a question, are you running nursery stock and greenhouses?? I see some trees behind the barn and the two tractor look like "hi-crops" for cultivating.

Again, hopefully everything gets back on track for your operation.

Rick
 
Rick- We are a wholesale nursery with about 625 acres under cultivation, so we did have(!) about 8 of the 140 Hi Clear tractors for going over top the shrubs. As a collector I thought it was great to work for a place that pays me to go out and find old tractors!!
 
Well we lost 6-IH 140 Hi Clears, 2-Cubs, 1-1086, and two 11 month old John Deere 990's. They are pretty toasty critters!
 
This kind of news scares me to death. My pine barn would go up like a roman candle if something were to happen- with a lifetime of prize Appaloosas probably in it as well. Fire, tornadoes, hurricanes- horrible stuff, but fire is the one i fear the most.
 
Lightning can be a real !@#$% sometimes. Are office got hit once, did 60k in damages to all the computers and electronics we had. Hopefully you guys have insurance.
 
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