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At the beginning of May, a storm passed over Harrogate and N. Yorks, which 
was quite impressive in terms of the lightning & thunder bursts.
 
On the 13th May, I was in one of Harrogate's public gardens when I came 
across this Corsican Pine. My only conclusion is that this tree must have 
been hit by a bolt of lightning during that storm. You can see the line that 
the lightning has travelled from the top to the bottom of the tree.
 
We did receive a report a day or so after the storm that vandals had tried to 
rip the bark off a tree in this public garden but the report never gave us 
any idea of location. However, after finding this I can only assume that it 
was not vandals at all but the shear force of the lightning blasting the bark 
off some of the lower stem of the tree.
 
Luckily nobody was using the footpath at the time of the storm when the 
strike hit otherwise that may have been very interesting indeed.

Image 1 attached, image 2 to follow.

Cheers


Paul Casey
Arboricultural Manager

Department of Community Services
Harrogate Borough Council
Brandreth House
St Lukes Avenue
Harrogate HG1 2AA
Tel: 01423 556749
Mobile: 07525 988021
E-mail: paul.casey@xxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk


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