@briankrebs
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want to see a follow-up photo of what it did to the tree

this image, exactly like I saw, post #lightningstrike a tree

I posted this in _this_ thread, "One side had long 3 meter slices of the tree, like 4 sharp spears on the ground facing away from the tree"

like long fingers of these sharp spears, like spokes on a bicycle wheel, only on ONE SIDE of the tree

there was a coffee cup wide and deep hole in the earth at the base (not this photo)