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Wow! What a show last night. We had hundreds of lightning strikes around us. I was up all night on fire watch ( I have 3,000 acres of wheat just ready to harvest). Got called out to fight a fire at the neighbors ranch about 8:30pm. He lost $500,000 worth of crop last night. Mine was safe, but they are calling for more "dry" thunderstorms tonight. We had a strike about 1/4 mile from the house that took out about 3 miles of powerpoles. Wildest thing I've ever seen. Some of the poles were snapped off about half way up the pole! I'll try and post some pics this afternoon.
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Oregon Chapter Leader My friends call me Don.
"I always keep a supply of stimulants handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy" WC Fields
Wow, I seen on the news that lighting was all around us in Prinville, but I did not see a strike one here. And only a few large rian drops.
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Wow! Bummer about your neighbor's crops but good news on yours
We saw some lightning around Eugene Sat night & Sun night. Nothing very close though. Had one helluva thunder clap hit about 0200 this morning though. Scared the *$# out of me! Heard quite a few more mellower claps after that but never saw any flashes.
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We had it 360 deg around us. Took 44 power poles out. been without power several times today. More of this stuff comming tonight.
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Oregon Chapter Leader My friends call me Don.
"I always keep a supply of stimulants handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy" WC Fields
Here's a couple of pics of the power poles that went down. 64 poles, about 3 miles worth! Power has been off and on here all day. I was talking with the power crew this afternoon, and they said it will cost over $300,000 to fix this mess. We are on fire watch all night again tonight. Wish me luck!
We had 3 of the fires start up again today, but my crop is still ok..................
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Oregon Chapter Leader My friends call me Don.
"I always keep a supply of stimulants handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy" WC Fields
Glad to hear things are ok with your crops. Prineville got rattled last nite, but did not last to long. We are getting alot of smoke form over by Dayville.
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Allen D
1966 F-100 4x4 with 390 GT engine
1990 Areostar 2wd XLT ext
1980 Bronco with 460
1976 F250 4X4 Custom with 429
Oregon Chapter Member: To join the Oregon Chapter, click HERE
Had another "light show" again last night. Man, If I could just tap into all that power! I'd never have to buy electricity again.........No 911 calls, so I sent the fire crew home about 2AM. Now back to work at 5AM. Farming is soooo much fun.
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Oregon Chapter Leader My friends call me Don.
"I always keep a supply of stimulants handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy" WC Fields
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but good news on yours 
Heard quite a few more mellower claps after that but never saw any flashes.
