When Lightning Strikes

JuniorMC8704 · Apr 8, 2008

Well this is what happens when a garage gets struck by lightning...2 weeks before Christmas. This happened December 3rd 2006.

The first link is to a slide show of snapshots of the destruction...

The second is the new garage going up almost a year later...gotta love insurance companies.

http://juniormc8704.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=3971346&AlbumKey=oAMSW

http://juniormc8704.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=3972091&AlbumKey=vrd5Q

Certainly puts things in perspective doesn't it?

saltwaternewb · Apr 8, 2008

At least it wasn't the house. I am a volunteer firefighter so I unfortunately see stuff like that all too often. Glad things are getting back to normal for you though.

rdvab · Apr 8, 2008

That really bites.I am sure we could start a thread on fires ,I work for a Propane co.that went up a couple of years ago.

bluegrass · Apr 8, 2008

Wow, sobering indeed.

hardcz · Apr 19, 2008

new garage is nice..... not to mention all the new toys....... though gotta suck to lose everything.... did you keep any of the melted pieces of metal as a conversation piece?

JuniorMC8704 · Apr 20, 2008

No, it wasnt anything at the time that i wanted to remember, and everything was in huge pieces, or sharp as hell. Not to mention there was so much other things blended together, and i wasnt sure what would have been toxic and what not.

hardcz said:
new garage is nice..... not to mention all the new toys....... though gotta suck to lose everything.... did you keep any of the melted pieces of metal as a conversation piece?

hardcz · Apr 20, 2008

toxic? Pffft, it's not like it's burning plastic or the sweet aroma made when **** is burnt. Yes I know it's spelled wrong.

JuniorMC8704 said:
No, it wasnt anything at the time that i wanted to remember, and everything was in huge pieces, or sharp as hell. Not to mention there was so much other things blended together, and i wasnt sure what would have been toxic and what not.

JuniorMC8704 · Apr 21, 2008

no plastic?? yeah other than the 500 pounds of it that was in there. Or maybe the countless chemicals, accelerates, and fertilizers that were in there.

hardcz said:
toxic? Pffft, it's not like it's burning plastic or the sweet aroma made when **** is burnt. Yes I know it's spelled wrong.

revhtree · Apr 21, 2008

Any updates on the progress bro?

JuniorMC8704 · Apr 21, 2008

other than the landscaping, and deck (or lack there of) its pretty much done.

House is under some serious renovations still, but its coming along slow and steady.

Ill throw up a pic now that the weather is nice.