What is a lightning tree?

When lightning strikes a tree, what happens at that instant to the tree?

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The tree can suffer burns without catching on fire. This has happened to many people. For more on lightning read this: http://www.insuremyhouse.com/lightning.html

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the tree gets negatively charged(my friend told me) then it catches fire.

zed

The tree goes on huge fire.

metsfan988

Liquids boil and expand causing splitting of the bole and branches.

Cranky Old Goat

The tree explodes. The point where the lightning hits the tree gets superheated instantly. All the sap and other liquids inside boils and turns into steam instantly. The only way for the steam to escape is to explode out like a popcorn kernal. Just to clarify, the entire tree does not explode, just the part that gets struck by the lightning.

Sleazy

The tree explodes. The point where the lightning hits the tree gets superheated instantly. All the sap and other liquids inside boils and turns into steam instantly. The only way for the steam to escape is to explode out like a popcorn kernal. Just to clarify, the entire tree does not explode, just the part that gets struck by the lightning.

Sleazy

Liquids boil and expand causing splitting of the bole and branches.

Cranky Old Goat

The tree goes on huge fire.

metsfan988

the tree gets negatively charged(my friend told me) then it catches fire.

zed

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