[AT] Last Night's Storm - Northern IL

[Rob Gray]

That tractor held up a lot better than a car would have. Old iron is 
tough.....


Steve Barr wrote:

>A nice bow echo line of storms rolled thru last night.  There was a lot of
>lightning and one bolt struck a tree in my neighbor's yard (~10 from where
>my dad has his '53 Super H parked)....  Blew the top of the tree out and
>part of it made a direct hit on the Super H.  Looks like a bent steering
>rod and throttle rod from a distance, but will have to wait until it is
>safe to do the inspection.
>
>As of this morning, the power to our neighbor's house is still on, but the
>power line is under the branch and but we are not going near the tractor
>until the power lines are taken care of.  Will know more later today
>(hopefully) after the ComEd comes.
>
>10 Pics at:
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/storm2004/01.jpg
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/storm2004/02.jpg
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/storm2004/03.jpg
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/storm2004/04.jpg
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/storm2004/05.jpg
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/storm2004/06.jpg
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/storm2004/07.jpg
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/storm2004/08.jpg
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/storm2004/09.jpg
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/storm2004/10.jpg
>
>Some are fuzzy as I was in a hurry this morning to get several shots and
>off into rush hour traffic...
>
>Look's like Ricky's Lightning Rod moved north many miles...
>
>Steve
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