RE: [RC] [RC] That Time of Year.....again! - Libby & Quentin Llop DVM
What
about lightning rods? I've seen my neighbors barn that has rods get struck
quite a few times, no harm done. The highest point around our house and barns is
a pine tree with an old CB antennae ground. So far it has drawn all the strikes.
Years ago I lost 7 sheep when an old maple tree the flock was huddled under was
struck. The lightning jumped to the woven wire fence and burned lush grass to
the ground for a hundred yards. I've often wondered if I should put a lightning
rod on the tree in the pastures that the horses want to shelter
under. Libby
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That Time of Year.....again!
There have been instances
where lightining stuck the barn and wiped out several horses with one strike.
The best in lightining is be low and not under a solitary tree. If the barn is
the highest point it may not be the best place to be. When I was a kid we had
a hay barn on the farm smoked twice by lightining. We built it back after the
first time. Eight years later it got smoked again. We decided that mother
nature had other plans for that patch of ground and rebuilt it someplace else.
Truman
Howard Bramhall wrote:
I
try and look at it as where I would want to be given the current weather
conditions. When it comes to thunderstorms, I prefer to be inside some
sort of shelter. And, since I'm fortunate to have a barn that's still
standing, that's where I put all of my horses. I've seen too many
horses struck by lightning down here while standing around out in the
pasture under a tree. Sometimes one bolt will get two of them at once
because they're out there snuggling, protecting each other from the wind and
the rain.
When it comes to the hurricanes (yes, it will soon be that
wonderful time of year again), if it's bearing down on my neck of the woods,
I choose to be out of town. And, I'll take my guys with me even if it
means making a couple of trips to a safer area.
If you think it's
better for them to be outside during a horrific storm, picture yourself
standing there next to them. Then, think of the barn, and, if you'd
feel safer inside the barn than outside in your field, that's where you
might want to put your horses. Think of where you'd like to be in that
situation and I bet you make the best choice possible.
cya,
Howard
We imitate our
masters only because we are not yet masters ourselves, and only
because in doing so
we learn the truth about what cannot be imitated.
