TWO WEEKS AGO...

... Found out that a neighbor of mine passed away. She'd call on me to help take out her garbage,
take her clothes and bed sheets to wash, and take her groceries up to her apartment up a flight of
stairs. I felt good, being able to lend a hand... I know you guys had a nice neighbor you'd help
out in your neighborhood. That said, I'm sure you understand.

TODAY... I realized lightning had struck really, REALLY CLOSE. Had a thunderstorm roll in.
After a while, the rain was coming down.

KABOOM!!!

I thought a bolt of lightning had struck at a cell phone tower.

I was wrong.

It had struck at a large pine tree at the playground.

I didn't know until after the storm subsided and I was headed for the mailbox.

The tree had several places where it bark was blasted off by the sudden expansion
and contraction by the violently explosive electrical discharge, along with cracks
and debris where it nearly split from it, too.

I'm no arborist, but I can tell that tree is going to be coming down very soon.