The Middle Tennessee Thread

[CityGirlintheCountry]

ugh!  Lightning hit a tree behind our house this afternoon.  The kids were in the room closest to the tree and were temporarily blinded and deafened, the thunder clap deafened me too and my good ear still hurts (I am partially deaf in the other one).  I got zapped in the living room setting near the computer (I had just yelled get down when the red flash exploded).  It killed one of our outside dogs that was under the shed about six feet from the tree.  Obviously zapped some chickens that were nearby.  They are walking funny and their feathers are ruffled, but they aren't dead.   When the storm came up we called the dogs and only the Anatolian responded and came inside.  We buried the dog during breaks in the weather.  Some damage to coops and some missing birds currently, but hopefully they are just hiding in weird places and not back in the coops as normal.  

I'm so sorry! That must have been terrifying.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Everybody okay this morning?

 

[Raven1]

ugh!  Lightning hit a tree behind our house this afternoon.  The kids were in the room closest to the tree and were temporarily blinded and deafened, the thunder clap deafened me too and my good ear still hurts (I am partially deaf in the other one).  I got zapped in the living room setting near the computer (I had just yelled get down when the red flash exploded).  It killed one of our outside dogs that was under the shed about six feet from the tree.  Obviously zapped some chickens that were nearby.  They are walking funny and their feathers are ruffled, but they aren't dead.   When the storm came up we called the dogs and only the Anatolian responded and came inside.  We buried the dog during breaks in the weather.  Some damage to coops and some missing birds currently, but hopefully they are just hiding in weird places and not back in the coops as normal.  

So sorry Hugs sent your way. I just hate lightening I lost two of my brood mares to it about 5 years ago so dangerous.

 

[FowlMouthMama]

OMG People are SO cruel. My neighbor shot my beloved kitty that darted out during a bath and sat on his truck to dry himself. JUST because my kitty was on his truck.

 

[Raven1]

What a horrible thing to happen! I am so sorry

 

[Penny Hen]

OMG People are SO cruel. My neighbor shot my beloved kitty that darted out during a bath and sat on his truck to dry himself. JUST because my kitty was on his truck.

Be careful of people like that. Cruelty/violence to animals is just a step below doing the same to people. Usually it is only the thought of jail time that holds them in check. Never allow people like that concider you weak or show them that they scare you even if they do. It does your own soul better to pity them the way you would pity a rabid dog. You feel sorry for a rabid dog because it is sick. But if it posed danger to you you would destroy the sick dog without hesitation. At least as long as law and order hold people like this are usually in check as long as they don't loose their own sense of self-preservation.

 

[Penny Hen]

ugh! Lightning hit a tree behind our house this afternoon. The kids were in the room closest to the tree and were temporarily blinded and deafened, the thunder clap deafened me too and my good ear still hurts (I am partially deaf in the other one). I got zapped in the living room setting near the computer (I had just yelled get down when the red flash exploded). It killed one of our outside dogs that was under the shed about six feet from the tree. Obviously zapped some chickens that were nearby. They are walking funny and their feathers are ruffled, but they aren't dead. When the storm came up we called the dogs and only the Anatolian responded and came inside. We buried the dog during breaks in the weather. Some damage to coops and some missing birds currently, but hopefully they are just hiding in weird places and not back in the coops as normal.

I am so sorry for your loss. I have buried a few dogs myself thought not due to lightening.

 

[jc12551]

Thank you all. We ended up losing one Silkie juvenile, one red sex link chick, one cinnamon queen chick, and all three broodies abandoned their nests (20 eggs between the three).

My poor son, who is 12, got up this morning late and said, "Man, Duke will be mad I didn't feed him yet." Then he remembered.

He is taking this much harder than I expected. I think it is because he has no one to blame. When your dog gets hit by a car you can blame the driver or even the dog. But when your dog gets hit by lightning who do you blame? He somehow feels guilty that he couldn't catch the dog before the storm hit. But I wasn't going to let him go out in that!! Such a random, freak thing to happen.

We lost some tin off the really old coop, everything is a mud pit, but otherwise no structural damage.

I hope everyone else came out ok!

 

[DMRippy]

OMG People are SO cruel. My neighbor shot my beloved kitty that darted out during a bath and sat on his truck to dry himself. JUST because my kitty was on his truck.

PLEASE tell me you reported him to the police????????

 

[Penny Hen]

Thank you all. We ended up losing one Silkie juvenile, one red sex link chick, one cinnamon queen chick, and all three broodies abandoned their nests (20 eggs between the three).

My poor son, who is 12, got up this morning late and said, "Man, Duke will be mad I didn't feed him yet." Then he remembered.

He is taking this much harder than I expected. I think it is because he has no one to blame. When your dog gets hit by a car you can blame the driver or even the dog. But when your dog gets hit by lightning who do you blame? He somehow feels guilty that he couldn't catch the dog before the storm hit. But I wasn't going to let him go out in that!! Such a random, freak thing to happen.

We lost some tin off the really old coop, everything is a mud pit, but otherwise no structural damage.

I hope everyone else came out ok!

Do you remember the story of "The Gingerbread Man"? The gingerbread man runs and runs from people and animals who want to eat him. But in the end he wants to cross the river. The only way across is to ride on the Fox's back. The Fox takes him across but eats him on the far shore. But that's OK, because he was a cookie and cookies are supposed to be eaten.

It is a story about our mortality and the inevitability of Death. Crossing a river is a very old metaphor for dying and in most of these there is a Ferryman that takes you there. Stories like these are meant to give a framework to explain truths on. When really little it is just told for the entertainment value. As children grow and have challenges, like loosing their dog to a lightning strike, these stories are retold to explain the nature of this World. To that you add what ever your spiritual beliefs are. In my own I believe that I will see the spirits of my pets again as well as the spirits of people that I have lost. For indeed they are not really lost but just on a journey that I haven't taken yet.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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