Lightning Strike Turns Tree into Bomb

Early in the morning on August 26th in a residential neighborhood in Narberth PA, a 40ft maple tree was struck by an extraordinaryly large bolt of lightning during an intense summer storm. The energy imparted ono the tree by the lightning was enough to hurl fragments of wood hundreds of feet away. One of the larger projectiles was propelled fast enough to impale an exterior wall of a house about 60 feet away. This is a short video documenting the incident.

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[FOX74647]

1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!

[cc10266]

Doc: The only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning.

Marty: What did you say?

Doc: A bolt of lightning.

[TooOld2Troll]

@xTheDeathSaintx Fuck you and what you wanted to see.

[Pfaval]

Be cautious being outside if there is a storm withing 15-20 miles. The feeders are highly dangerous

[NTComputer86]

this happened behind our house and there was bark shrapnel everywhere

[numeristacom]

@lefebvrer3289 : lrn2science :

Giga : A billion.

Watt : A unit of energy. Your kitchen light bulb uses about 100 of them per hour .

1 Gw : enough energy to light 1 kitchen light bulb for 10 000 000 hours - or about 1000 years if my math is correct.

[Sidewinder9877]

Why can't I watch a lightning video without a dumb ass Chuck Norris comment?

[xTheDeathSaintx]

THIS SUCKS I WANTED TO SEE A TREE BOMB GO OFF!!!!

[MysticDMBherb]

@MonkeyWithAWrench Yea wtf?

[jackc1002]

I wonder how long it would take to get the maple syrup off of everything...

[FOX74647]

@lefebvrer3289 1.21 GIGAWATTS sticks in my mind more than the next bit