Lightning.

Friday we had a insane thunderstorm which was throwing lightning everywhere. We have quite a few old established trees in our yard that take a beating each year from the weather & Friday wasn't any different. I was not home & I'm glad I wasn't because I'm sure I would've been hiding under the bed. Dad however was home.

Now for those of you who don't know my father he's definitely not afraid of much & never jumps at thunder or lightning. However the lightning bolt that hit the tree outside our kitchen window had him ducking for cover. When he looked up he thought his bronco had been hit because it was glowing. Poor Beethoven shot under the bed & wouldn't come out for the next 3 hours or so. It took dad 5 hours to get him back on the bed because Beethoven thought the bed had created the noise.

The tree is on the South side of our house & it shot debris into our neighbors yard on the North side of us. It was really insane. It also fried the cable, internet & phone along with messing up the gateway computer monitor & my television set. A rock from somewhere also broke our basement window. I have no clue where the rock came from since we mow & weed eat by the house so your guess is as good as mine. There's 2 holes in the ground from where the lightning came out of & they look like the ground just imploded by itself. Freaky stuff. Here's some pictures of the damage.