Lightning

has anyone had a dog get hit wile on its chain spot? it crosses my mind every time we have bad storms.

 

i havent..i know people that has.so yes it has happened.

 

Neighbor had a dog tied to a tree. It struck the tree, killed the dog and welded the links together on the chain.

 

Bgblok68 same thing happened to me this morning.

 

sorry for your loss man

 

Have been thinking the same. In Darwin northern Australia we have a wet season with huge lightening shows that have to be seen to be believed I have 5 cable runs between trees and cringe when those lighting strikes are close, be intrested if any one has tried a lightening conductor of some sort or run a earth line to ground??

 

that hasn't crossed my mind, but wow that would be horrifying. Sorry for your loss =/

 

Sorry for your loss gimwitag... besides that this is an interesting thread and like the cable conductor idea, I am sure you can ground both ends with a ground rod similar that they have to the electrical panels on houses, but not sure how much it would help as lightning arches where it wants...
I could only imagine the dog surviving loose and confused...
I wonder about a conductor on the chain of some sort, but agian the arch does what it wants, a myth is that the rubber from the tires will insulate the jolt of electricity, not true as the tires would have to be huge to handle the strike...

I have heard of the hurricanes dropping trees on dogs,Any one lose a dog to tornados???
How about Katrina, I am sure some good dogs came up missing from the floods...Anyone ever lose a dog to flooding???
or other disasters such as a fires???

 

I remember when B.B. lost a lot of dogs to the flood when he lived in S.A.



R.I.P my friend

 

I remember hearing about Texas Express loosing a few by way of lighting. Kept dogs on a chain line. Lightning hit the line and went dog to dog. Killed a few of them in one incident.

 

about 75ft of his overhead cable disappeard, Im looking at a rubber sock for collars and insulating cables.

 

Crepe Myrtle is a nice tree that doesn't grow tall and the limbs are not big but they bush out and give good shade and are very good looking trees.