Dark sky - bright sky
I was about to say no I haven't had a close escape but I had, shock has made me all but forget this. Back in 1987 during the big storm (not hurricane stupid) I was living out in the country in a converted Rectory, big building old trees etc. Beside the garage was an Olive tree and this, being a few hundred years old was seriously big. The main storm had blown in during the night and the morning after it was still tree-mendously windy (see what i did there?) and I had been out riding a motorcycle in the morning. I rode back home and along the driveway to the garage which was beside/under the tree. Just as I stopped under the shade of the 400 ton leviathon the sky went all bright - yes it had fallen over - with me underneath it! Luckily at an angle of about 70 degrees to my line of approach, so missed me entirely but crushed the garage and a few other out buildings. The timing and scale of the destruction still is difficult to put into words.
(luckylife , 0 guests and 3 bots are online, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 12:33, Reply)