At approx 4:45 am on Monday July 25, 2011 a huge boom woke up the Bull Mountain Meadows neighborhood near Tigard, OR. The thunder seemed louder then your normal summer thunderstorm. Neighbors awoke to find a large group of trees, less than 20 yards from a home, had been stuck by lightening, leaving a trail of damaged bark leading all the way down the trunk. Bark and debreis littered the lawn, but no one or property was damaged by this stike.
Large tree struck by lightening
Lightening strikes near homes
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says ... on Wednesday, Jul 27 at 5:46 PM
The correct spelling is "lightning", an electrical charge during a storm. "Lightening" is used as a noun and as a verb to indicate an increasing change from dark to light or a change in weight. KATU editors should know better.
says ... on Tuesday, Jul 26 at 10:52 PM
We're on Snapdragon, and it set off a car alarm outside and shook our house as well. We didn't see where it hit either.
says ... on Tuesday, Jul 26 at 10:03 PM
Lightning without an 'e'.
says ... on Monday, Jul 25 at 11:07 PM
I'm on Bristlecone Way and it BOOMED! Where are the trees that got hit? I've been wondering.
says ... on Monday, Jul 25 at 10:00 PM
We are on Wintergreen and had a lamp post struck also. It shook the house! Cant say how freaked out we were
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