We have very few big thunder and lightening storms here in Alabama (as compared to Texas). So today took us by surprise. The rain came down, the thunder clapped, and the lightening struck! We were all getting settled down for the evening...you know baths, etc when we heard the loudest "bang" and our house shook. I actually thought something hit our house. I ran upstairs to make sure everything was ok. I ran outside to make sure everything was ok. Within 10 minutes, our street was busy with fire trucks. At first they went past our house and to a house at the end of our street. The couple had called the FD because lightening had hit their house and put a large hole in the roof. While the FD was making sure everything was good at their house, smoke started to fill the street. The FD rushed to a house across the street from us. Yes, a 2nd house had been hit by lightening and it had a HUGE hole and was on fire.
This is a picture from my front yard. The little white car is in my driveway. The house is burning across the street. The kids got an on the scene view of what the FD does and how they do it. We had a total of 7 fire trucks on the scene and multiple police cars. The house is still standing, and the couple is in the process of "fixing" it. From the front of the house, you could not tell what damage had occured the next day. Our street was blocked off for probably 5 hours while the FD cleaned up. By the time JM came home tonight, the police barricade had moved to right in front of our house. JM had to stop and identify himself and his house before they would let him drive into our driveway!!!
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