Lightning struck a tree in the Mt. Baldy Village Sunday afternoon – sending debris as far as 100 yards. Pictured is one of the larger pieces found some distance away, on a ski run. A smaller tree was blown out of the ground, and some electronics were fried in the adjacent home and water treatment building. Fortunately no one was close by when it blew.
Photo by Sandra Smith
Now I have internet back I can see the pics… It was like a bomb went off 75 t0 100 ft from the house… We were away at the time but it shook pictures off of the wall and a smoke detector from it’s pinnings on the bedroom ceiling … needless to say the dog had a funny look on his face when I got home from work a couple of hrs later. There are alot of sticks in the yard for the dog to play with for sometime to come!
Damage estimates are less than originally thought … Waterworks is back up and running with no service interruptions . Just waiting on phone line repairs .
All is good now.