We were lucky the other night when lightning struck a stack in the hay yard near the house. A small stack burned but the much larger stack on the left in the photo was unharmed…no wind, no flying sparks. Lucky!
The smell of smoke didn’t even reach our open windows so we were unaware of the fire until neighbors started seeing the smoke the next morning and calling to see where our fire was. It wasn’t hard to find then!
We were lucky in so many ways. The fire was less than 100 yards from the buildings. Sometimes losing a hay stack is devastating, but sometimes, when you think of the things you didn’t lose, it’s just not that bad.
Sandy Snider Stahl 