re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth

here in TheBackwoods forestland, most times when a tree falls, it just rots down to excellent spongy compost.

Trees here generally “explode” when struck by lightning.

Pretty sure it works the same way in most of forests in this hemisphere.

Closest I have ever been to an exploding tree is about a quarter of a mile. Lightning hit a maybe 30 or 40 foot pine tree. I was inside with windows closed and dang it was LOUD. Next day went looking for it - it was pretty obvious which tree got ‘sploded. But what do I know - maybe it exploded cuz nobody had been raking the woods near that tree.