Re: Lightning

[Gretchen Patterson <tpranch@internetwork.net>]

Horses standing under  trees that are struck by lightning will die.  I live in
the piney woods of East Texas and when the storms are heavy, someone will lose
livestock.  I have a good friend who lost several cows and 4 horses to two
different lightning strikes.  He was devasted.  Lovell's horse was probably
just far enough away from the strike to have been knocked out--and having iron
on his feet didn't help either.  He will probably be muscle sore and stiff for
a few days and perhaps slightly disoriented but still alive.


Gretchen Patterson
Marshall, TX
http://www.horsemassage.com






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