16 cows lost to lightning; farmer estimates $24k loss
Meansville dairy farmer Tommy Pope lost 16 cows to lightning during a violent storm that passed through the area around 10 p.m. Sunday night, April 5.
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David Shivers
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04/10/09 at 08:42 AM
I just thought I'd share a memory of a similar incident that happened in Pike County approximately 30 years ago. I was working for the Journal-Reporter and we received a call about a lightning strike and some dead cows at a farm on U.S. 19 just south of where the schools' campus is now (the farm's not there anymore, was razed, I think, when the highway was widened). There were, I think, 10 or 12 cows with stiffened, extended legs scattered around a under a tree, and they resembled toy animals that had simply been knocked over. The scene remains among the most bizarre things I've ever seen.
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diane daniels
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06/16/09 at 11:51 AM
We just had that happen to us. We run a herd of beefmasters and commercial cows and last Thursday , June 11 2009 a lightning strike took 16 of our cows out. They were lying next to a small tree on the side of the hill. It was the first time I had ever seen that. I have had it happen to people I know but this really sruck home, no pun intended
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