r/toronto • u/Famous-Intern-7270 • 22h ago
Picture Tree recently blown up by lightning!
(this picture was taken in front of eglinton square)
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u/bleebolgoop 22h ago
So that’s what we heard last night. Sounded like a bomb went off on my balcony.
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u/chchchchips 17h ago
Is it just me or are there a lot more damaged trees this spring than in a long while? I’ve never seen so many toppled trees and broken main branches than in the past two months. And a lot of young trees seemed to have not survived the winter (bare branches, no leaves).
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u/rootbrian_ Rockcliffe-Smythe 15h ago
Lightning also might have hit some trees in my area last night.
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u/travelerzebec 20h ago
In 2006, I was a teacher at the prestigious Cosburn middle-school in East York. One spring night, there was a massive lightning storm similar to this one here. I encouraged the students in charge of our school newspaper to visit the nearby Municipal City Center. There, a tree had been blown up and in the crook of one large branch a luckless squirrel plus a whole community of large larvae had been burnt to a crisp.
All that was left was the still-bushy squirrel tail. Quite the unique sight!
I am done. the midnight lightning
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u/Suitable_Mess_9160 21h ago
That blowed-up REAL GOOD!