1982vett
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Well, about 4 pm this afternoon a itty bitty shower started out to the west. By 4:40 it had turned into quite an electrical show and struck a light pole several hundred feet from the house.
I happened to be setting at my desk and gazing out watching the little sprinkle that was coming down when it hit. Busted a light pole, blew the lighting arrestor to pieces on the transformer and knocked the transformer out too. Was lucky, their were about 35 cows and calves about 150 feet to the left of that pole in the picture. None were hit. Boy did they jump and run. Looks like everything electrical survived except for a maybe a battery charger for a cordless drill and my $40 network router.
Oh got 1/10th of an inch.
I happened to be setting at my desk and gazing out watching the little sprinkle that was coming down when it hit. Busted a light pole, blew the lighting arrestor to pieces on the transformer and knocked the transformer out too. Was lucky, their were about 35 cows and calves about 150 feet to the left of that pole in the picture. None were hit. Boy did they jump and run. Looks like everything electrical survived except for a maybe a battery charger for a cordless drill and my $40 network router.
Oh got 1/10th of an inch.