speaking about lightning and firewwod

olgentdc · Jul 11, 2017

man , you never know how the wood will burn after a litening strike ,,. i have had some wood that just did not want to burn but once it did was hot as coal , then i had some you could literaly lite with a kitchen match ,and it burned hot and long ,too , and some gave off a odor in the fireplace with lots ofdark smoke ..

Russ from MN · Jul 11, 2017

I think when lightning strikes a tree it boils the moisture out of the wood, that why it's fairly common for the roots to explode and leave a trench in the ground, and dry wood burns the best!

Traditional Farmer · Jul 11, 2017

I've burned several Oak trees that had been hit by Lightning never saw any difference from wood that hadn't been hit.

rrc300 u · Jul 11, 2017

I have had two black cherry trees in my woods that were struck. Niether tree burned very well at all. I'm not sure what the lightning did to the wood but it became almost fire proof. My Dad wouldn't believe me so I gave a bunch to him and told him he would be able to stay warmer burning snow balls than that stuff. He called the next day and said he about froze out of the house in the middle of the night lol.

Crazy Horse · Jul 11, 2017

I think it has something to do with the reduction, ionization and oxidation of the tree's protein molecules that get grounded after a strike. It is especially bad if positively grounded for old trees 60+ years of age. There is a method of changing the ground polarity on your old trees, a simple Google search will clarify all of this for you. Yup, molecules are the key to everything in life including lightning strikes, and as for myself I have changed my own personal polarity for safety sake, a guy just can't be too careful. I chose to be neutral when I switched over, apparently it is better than (but similar to) being neutered.

dlbuck · Jul 11, 2017

My first wife switched me to neutral and I didn't even know it, eventually I figured it out though. She knew all about that kind of stuff. She knew about alot of things I didn't understand but, being the devils daughter it came natural to her.

Crazy Horse · Jul 11, 2017

We seem to have married the same person ..... how many daughters did the devil have I wonder?

dlbuck · Jul 11, 2017

We might have married the same person, she has married four unfortunate souls after me. Even her father wouldn't take her back.

Billy NY · Jul 11, 2017

Black Cherry is actually a pretty decent firewood, it just needs to be stoked right and needs more oxygen to get a decent flame. You can split it smaller and it will burn hot, but not last as long as the larger pieces.

dgasper · Jul 11, 2017

ROFLMAO. Posts like this are the reason I keep reading this MB.

rrc300 u · Jul 11, 2017

I have burned plenty of cherry wood and it's my dad's favorite to burn, but that wood salvaged from the lightning strike trees was useless. I should have left them up for the woodpecker to drill at.

ben70b · Jul 12, 2017

Mix it with hedge

Traditional Farmer · Jul 12, 2017

Sounds like a good topic for Myth Busters.

Bret4207 · Jul 12, 2017

The only thing I've ever seen in the way of problems with lightning struck trees is when it's a tree with a resinous sap, like a pine or tamarack, and the strike creates a pitch pocket. Other than that, I've never seen any difference.

Traditional Farmer · Jul 12, 2017

If trees that have been hit by Lightning really wouldn't burn then the timber from them would be in great demand to build houses out of it that wouldn't burn down(LOL)

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