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Old 08-02-2006, 07:36 PM   #21
ronfish
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Location: Mass.
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Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler
i was lucky enough to see the bolt that split a hemlock down the middle bout 20 feet from my house. Really cool stuff. It was weird though, it wasnt nearly as loud as the rest of the boomers. Mother nature cut a few nice 2x4's for me. Also screwed up my pump, lost the prime.
That bolt that gave you the 2x4's may have also taken your pump. I've had mine hit a few times in the past from lightning strikes close to it and the bolt will travel underground to the well casing and down- bye bye pump. Ron
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