Loud Explosion Followed By A Big Mess!

The top of the tree exploded when it was hit by lightening!

We were awaken in the middle of the night with a very loud boom that shook the whole house!  It was a rainy night.  After looking around the house and yard we noticed the jungle gym looked like it was covered by a tree.  We soon found out the tree was struck by lightening and the top exploded sending branches, sticks, leaves, and tree pieces in all directions.  We found pieces over a hundred feet away from the actual tree.  Thankfully the tree and debris did not hit the house.  It did break a section of our fence, took out the kids slide, punched a hole in the jungle gym roof, fried our printer inside, and the fence for the animals.

Jungle gym covered with branches!

Leaves, branches, and debris all over the yard!

The slide did not make it!

What a mess!  Well guess we know what we’ll be doing today!  Thankfully it didn’t hit the house!  The kids were a HUGE help and we got most of it cleaned up in one day!