Lightening Strike

[MooseRiverMan]

Two weeks ago lightening struck one of the tallest pine trees on my property.
It cut a small slash removing the bark, etc. for most of the length.

The tree is in an almost impossible spot to be reached by a crane plus it is right next to the house. It has to be close to 80 feet high.

What are the odds the tree will live, or has the heat from the lightening boiled the sap and it is doomed.

[EricP]

Unlikely it will survive. We had one hit and it rotted from the inside out. We had a tree climber take it down before it took us down :eek:

[Resident 2B]

I believe you will get many differing opinions from our forum. In this potentially serious case, I would get the opinion from one or two experts and make a decision from what they have to say.

Good Luck!

R2B

[skprbob]

I strongly recommend Jim Cline from Center Sandwich. He specializes in removing trees from awkward places - sounds like that's what you need.

[dpg]

I had a direct hit through the ground and up a big white birch in mass around 5 years ago. same thing, split and removed some of the white (bark) the tree seems to be alright today. Although your results may vary. :D

Followed my underground wiring for the sprinkler system, also "blew" my controller for the sprinkler literally off the wall needless to say that was junk.

[Rose]

This happened to a neighbor's pine 2 years ago. It is now dying.

Here's a link with more info.

http://wvlightning.com/trees.shtml

[SIKSUKR]

I've had 2 white pines hit in the past with the same type of damage and they are both fine.I'd wait and see how it heals before taking it down right now.

[AC2717]

I am a wait and see guy in this case, the leaves falling or regrowing will be a tell tale sign. If you need a good tree guy look back in prior tree work posts. Court Kelly is the way to go, If you want his info you can PM me or his info should be in the other posts. He would be able to tell you if it is going to make it or not. I just was speaking ot him a couple of weeks ago, he has a boat now and is willing to do island work on any of the lakes and has, or you could pick him up at the docks somewhere. Great Guy!

[scubajay1153]

Stuck your tree?

Sorry, had to do it!:P