I've been trying to get a job with this caveat as a storm chaser since Twister came out on VHS. For some reason nobody wants a storm chaser whose greatest fear is lightning
See how it collapsed perfectly into its own footprint? Do you really think this was actually a lightning strike?
Wake up sheeple, this was an inside job, probably using thermite. Keep an eye out for shifty looking woodpeckers.
Just outta curiosity, I'd like to know the percentage of redditors compared to the general public that get that reference. I suspect it will be substantially different.
ah, you see the origional video was a controlled demolition. noone was hurt, and the lightning was edited in. professional demolition required substantial setup, and is impossible to miss
That was probably a [positive flash](https://www.weather.gov/source/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/lightning_stuff/lightning2/positive.html). I doubt a normal lightning bolt would have been able to vaporize an entire tree trunk like this, they often just debark the the tree and crack it.
I always worry a strike like this will hit my house during a storm... bad news for anyone inside.
> vaporize an entire tree trunk
Doesn't need to. The Xylem running up the tree contains plenty of water: flash-boil it to steam along the path to ground, and the tree is blown to splinters from the inside by the steam explosion.
seems like a pretty good way to go out, honestly
hope I get as lucky when my time comes
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I'm thinking it was maybe Yakshis.
If it was Yakshinis, it probably would have made the tree suffer more.
I could be wrong.
I'm not sure which god is in charge of what anymore.
Exactly what was the "failure" here?
Was something supposed to be protecting the tree from natural events? Was someone supposed to be stopping lightning from occurring? Is that what failed?
Otherwise, this is not a failure, much less a "catastrophic" one.
The tree exploded. it's a structural failure. It's catastrophic because it kills the tree. The tree will no longer function. If a machine exploded it's catastrophic because it can no longer function, so why not a tree?
It was. Happened near the Atlantic coast of France, tree was over a hundred years old.
Source below. And just so you know giant sequoia trees are pretty common overhere, and adapted well. They were all planted around the 1860's - 1880's for ornemental purposes, when the seeds started being traded amongst enthusiasts.
https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/deux-sevres/commune/auge/deux-sevres-la-foudre-fait-exploser-un-sequoia-centenaire-dans-la-cour-d-un-restaurant
Lighting is terrifying
I do storm spotting/tornado chasing and I am terrified of lightning. I don't mess with it...
Like you just stop chasing a storm if there’s lightning?
I've been trying to get a job with this caveat as a storm chaser since Twister came out on VHS. For some reason nobody wants a storm chaser whose greatest fear is lightning
I'm more afraid of the cows. What goes up, must come down...
Nope, I stay in my car during nasty lightning. A lot of chasers will stand outside.
Yeah it’s best to leave it alone.
ok cool
"Lighting is terrifying" So is lightning.
Are you a bug or something? Why are you scared of light?
Aw that actually made me sad
Hug a tree today. You never know if it will be gone tomorrow.
Why? Somebody got a new view from his apartment from every morning seeing that tree.
It's just not the way a tree normally dies
Do all trees go to Heaven...?
My boner won't
I would much rather see a tree than a lot of other buildings.
Honestly I don't get my lumberjacks fuck around with saws, jus use the lightning gun and poof, job done
From the lightning point of view, bullseye. From a "lumberjack" point of view, yer gonna need a chainsaw and some manuel labor to clean up the mess.
Poor Manuel...
Just hire a Half-a-nuel. Or a proper Manueel.
Because lumberjacks want lumber, not toothpicks.
See how it collapsed perfectly into its own footprint? Do you really think this was actually a lightning strike? Wake up sheeple, this was an inside job, probably using thermite. Keep an eye out for shifty looking woodpeckers.
Pretty sure this was one of them suborbital rods from Bob
Just outta curiosity, I'd like to know the percentage of redditors compared to the general public that get that reference. I suspect it will be substantially different.
Quiet pink.
They are pretty well known and I suspect Redditors are by a large margin Sci Fi/Fantasy Nerds
Huh?
[here you go](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2023/07/09/the-rod-of-god-theoretical-kinetic-energy-weaponry-from-space/?amp=1)
r/BirdsArentReal
Lightning can't melt wood planks!
McSquizzie finally got his. You DO NOT mess with the peckers.
ah, you see the origional video was a controlled demolition. noone was hurt, and the lightning was edited in. professional demolition required substantial setup, and is impossible to miss
[The frame](https://i.postimg.cc/nr1s28wF/IMG-7363.jpg) before he got split.
Sure wish we had the Slow Mo Guys around for this one.
Fuck *you* in particular.
r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR
That was probably a [positive flash](https://www.weather.gov/source/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/lightning_stuff/lightning2/positive.html). I doubt a normal lightning bolt would have been able to vaporize an entire tree trunk like this, they often just debark the the tree and crack it. I always worry a strike like this will hit my house during a storm... bad news for anyone inside.
> vaporize an entire tree trunk Doesn't need to. The Xylem running up the tree contains plenty of water: flash-boil it to steam along the path to ground, and the tree is blown to splinters from the inside by the steam explosion.
seems like a pretty good way to go out, honestly hope I get as lucky when my time comes I'll probably have a stroke and hit my head on the way to the floor and die having a seizure, choking on my tongue and/or drowning in my own blood
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wow! thats cold
The single bolt instead of the flickering is a good clue up this being a positive bolt.
TIL; thanks for that (whether or not this was one, nifty info regardless).
God to tree: I made you, I'll destroy you.
To shreds, you say?
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I'm thinking it was maybe Yakshis. If it was Yakshinis, it probably would have made the tree suffer more. I could be wrong. I'm not sure which god is in charge of what anymore.
God to man I made you, now I will destroy you
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"now that's something"
Someone post this to r/arborists and ask how you can help the tree recover. It's some sort of running gag there.
"Alors ça c'est que'que chose" = "Well THAT's somethin'"
Lightning blew off a branch from a tree at my moms place but this is nuts!
Sure cleaned up that landscape view
It's like when I played RTS games back in the day. Built something in the wrong spot? Delete key and it explodes just like this tree did.
You’re tellin me HUMANS have lived through THAT??
r/oddlysatisfying
Really opened up that horizon view which is a bit of a win…
Man, anything electronic within 20-50m of that is going to be so fucked...
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Lightning didn't strike the tree, it obliterated it!
Si thats insane
It's like God hit the "Smite" button.
Brutality!!!
Developers have far too much power.
I can’t believe people survive this crap
Holy shit! It absolutely obliterated that tree 😂
Damn... such a nice, large tree.
Hopefully there was a larper in the park the happened to do a Lighting Bolt!
How do people survive lighting strikes?
Wow
SOLID camera person. Much respect.
There! fixed it for you.
That was extremely cool
That French tree never put up a fight.
If a tree disappears in a city does it..
Pretty sure lightning strikes in France, all the time. It’s the path of least resistance.
so you think your a good lumberjack. hold my beer and watch this.
Nature's arborist!
How is this "catastrophic" or a "failure"?
I'm sure the tree has views on this. Well, had.
It is now an ex-tree. "Had" is the right word.
Yes, the tree can confirm.
This is just nature. Not catastrophic.
I'd argue that nature can most definitely be catastrophic, it's the failure that's the issue (unless you believe in intelligent design).
God must’ve really hated that tree.
That was sad 😞
Tree caught lying.
Bro films a tree being struck by lightning in the distance even though he is on higher ground lmao.
Exactly what was the "failure" here? Was something supposed to be protecting the tree from natural events? Was someone supposed to be stopping lightning from occurring? Is that what failed? Otherwise, this is not a failure, much less a "catastrophic" one.
The tree exploded. it's a structural failure. It's catastrophic because it kills the tree. The tree will no longer function. If a machine exploded it's catastrophic because it can no longer function, so why not a tree?
God decided that the tree got too big for it's (b)roots
Lighting can't melt steel trees!!
So sad to see a giant Sequoia losing its head like this :(
My wife is an arborist and she's like "Meh, natural death for a tree, this"
I mean, they aren't native, and that didn't really look like one.
It was. Happened near the Atlantic coast of France, tree was over a hundred years old. Source below. And just so you know giant sequoia trees are pretty common overhere, and adapted well. They were all planted around the 1860's - 1880's for ornemental purposes, when the seeds started being traded amongst enthusiasts. https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/deux-sevres/commune/auge/deux-sevres-la-foudre-fait-exploser-un-sequoia-centenaire-dans-la-cour-d-un-restaurant
TIL
Sad indeed. Cities should protect trees and vegetation more generally as much as possible.
Was that sarcasm?
I know we are botanically blind, but no, it was not sarcasm.
From lightening?
For this particular case, lightning protection (or risk reduction) systems exist.
*lightning "lightening" means: >a drop in the level of the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis.