Lightning Strikes Twice....

The village was rocked by two tremendous lightning strikes, one late Sunday afternoon, the other shortly after midnight. Between them they took out numerous BT lines and destroyed computers, cordless phones and Sky digiboxes. No-one seems to know what the lightning hit but it's a blessing it wasn't anywhere people live. BT was slow to answer the calls for help yesterday but there are several BT vans in the village today.

How the lightning affected individual houses seems to defy logic. Some people experienced no damage, while others lost electronic equipment but not their phone line, and others still lost phone and equipment. The general opinion in the village is that it was the most terrifying strike we've ever had.

There seems to be a trend here away from electrical storms in summer to these localised, random, winter strikes which arrive without warning. On Sunday night, with a steady gale blowing, the lightning, often a single bolt, was followed by a fierce squall bringing heavy rain and hail.

This super photo, taken by David Haylett some years ago, caught both a lightning strike over Mull and the flash of Ardmore Point beacon. To see more of his pictures, follow this link.