Lightning Struck My 130-year-old Barn
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I cant believe you didnt make a single ACDC, Thunderstruck or Thunderbolts and Lightning very very frightening joke the entire video
He was still in shock.
His mind bolted.
He could not find the spark.
Completely burned out or fried brain
Normal Morgan? Yeah. Post catastrophic flood/lightning strike Morgan? He’s a little stressed.
Queen not ACDC
Agreed, I can't belive he didn't do it. Morgan should feel shame and turn over his 'I grew up in the 90s' Oscar Mayer hdog badge. Shame on you Morgan.
You should take a drone picture (from the same spot) of your grazing pasture every day or every week during your grazing rotation and show a time lapse of the whole summer so we can see the effects of your technique. Would be very cool!
Cool idea!
Great idea 💡
After following a few of the AMP grazing accounts, I think they'd appreciate having a record of how various farmers are doing using this method. That video diary would be invaluable for you and for the scientists who are researching regenerative farming practices.
Oh yeah, you can set precise coordinates on many DJI drones, so that would make for a really cool, still-frame time-lapse.
It might be a good idea to have a professional check and update your buildings’ lightning protection. I’m glad there was no serious damage, but you got lucky this time.
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I suggested lightening rods.
Great idea
Agreed sometimes part of the system si damaged by a strike like that and will fail if another hit is taken.
"Windswept Chickens" is an excellent Band name.
Tor God of Thunder strikes the farm just before the goats get here! It must be Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr that are coming to the farm!
Hail Tor!
He is a farmer's god after all.
I'd be afraid! Regular Billies are mean enough😢
@@dbmail545 Ay! Will they be billy goats gruff?
I have a suggestion, which you probably already tried, but can you use your drone to see if Sir Porkington is stuck in the Cedar Swamp? Seems to me the level of mud you showed could easily get a pig stuck in it akin to quicksand almost. A pigs sense of smell is stronger than a dogs, so also any nearby apple trees would be a good option - although I cant imagine the ladies wouldnt have followed IF he simply escaped somehow.
Wouldn’t he notice vultures is the pig died in the swamp?
@@Creative-Chaos Sure, but not if its just stuck. In theory, it has food and water handy, just cant get out of the mud. I once had a pekingnese that disappeared and came home covered with clay after builders pulled her out of the mud of a homes new foundation. She was gone over the weekend with no food.
I always try to unplug my fencer in bad storms. They are like a lightning magnet.😮
You should unplug phone lines/routers also. I had a motherboard fried because lightning miles away travelling down my ethernet cable. I use surge protected extension leads for all my computer stuff, but forgot about that, duh!
@@trippinggauntlet4520 good advice
@@trippinggauntlet4520 Prevention is WAY cheaper than replacing a hard drive on a fairly new gaming PC. DON'T ASK HOW I KNOW THIS.
Series of electrical surges are used to attempt burning debris off of power lines, which is more favorable than entire areas being blacked out from lines being damaged and destroyed. This comes at the cost of consumer electronics at times- which is fairness is still a minor cost comparatively
@@trippinggauntlet4520huh.... miles away and Ethernet. that sounds like an unusual network setup you have there.
Grandparents would usually unplugg the fencer before a storm.
This was a regular problem in nothern Ontario.
Surely the livestock soon learned that storm meant no more hot fence, for a while. Or were they penned up inside too, for storms? Weather and farmers, they fight one another sometimes.
Speaking as an electrical engineer, there ought to be more robust ways of charging a fence (the vacuum tubes of old could hold up to a lot more than our modern solid state can), however unless the supply really is isolated from the power grid (as in that solar box) the lightning can follow the supply into power wiring, even if it had to jump after its first hit in order to get there.
Abby dog is more of a RUclips star than a live stock guardian dog. She blesses every video she appears in.
Toby will always be TopDog
Abby dog is more of an influencer 😂
At this rate, by the time she's fully trained she'll be one of the elders watching the new puppy in training.
Abby has her own distinct traits that sets her apart & makes her interesting to watch . Toby can be quite bland. Both are good in their own way.
@@nouvel0001a livestock guardian dogs job isn’t to entertain you
Trees are one of those things we take for granted. Love the fact you'r contributing to future generations
There is the distinct possibility that our pig was stolen. He most likely got loose and someone just took him and plans to send him to the freezer.
Or a bear?
Is that normal for country people to keep "found" animals? Was this more likely a thief? Aren't pigs skittish?
It's a small town, besides, why didn't they ask around at all the farms?
Or that housesitter sold it.
@@quiltybeeA bear would have left evidence.
Man, thank God your barn didn't cat h fire from the lightning strike. You take such good care of your farm and your animals.
It looks like the barn still had its traditional lightning rod system common of barns of a century ago that worked properly.
Not category H!
It was god that caused the lightening..
@@elsosa7863 Technically: allowed it. In a paradisaical world, electricity would never "misbehave" like that. It's common to call these "acts of God" as in insurance policies and law, for God does govern when they appear. It's the "other guy" who wants the damage.
Goats are foragers not grazers, they need access to your woods.
I’ve been watching since I was pregnant with my daughter, she’s 4 and a half now and we watch your videos every single time they’re on. 🥰
So grateful your barn was protected and nothing happened to crazy. I’ve absolutely loved watching you grow from the beginning to now how you and the farm are flourishing. And goats?!?😱
Poor Abby, she’s trying so hard….my dog was like that and it took old age to finally settle her completely, but she was a good girl too 🤍💚
She isn't going to change.
I guess that is why our farmers have lightening rods on their barns. 😮. Also,I agree that Windswept Chickens is a great band name.
I'm glad the barn didn't catch fire! Check your wires, too, as they prolly got a bit toasty, and may need replacement sooner since they got a little warm.
Take care of yourself! COVID can put you down for a bit.
Keep your eyes out for that pig. He might've taken off. We have wild pigs that were once domestic, tearing up farms and farm animals here. They get out, breed, and become a problem.
Have a great day, Morgan, Allison & everyone else, too!
Shall we point out that you wrapped the wires around the charger terminals in the opposite direction of what should be done? When you tighten down the nut it loosens the wire on the terminal. Wrap it the other way and tightening the nut will tighten the wire on the terminal. Have goats will travel .... to find the areas in the fence where they got out ;)
I love that you planted hundreds of trees. You'll enjoy watching them grow, and the next generations will enjoy their protection -- and maybe think about the cool guy who took the time to plant them.
Definitely know how plans go awry. I had all sorts of plans for this past year, but breast cancer diagnosis and two surgeries have put me at just squeaking by. Had plans for a new shop, hoophouse greenhouse, carport, chicken run, and even house remodel. Maybe I'll get a few things done this fall. I am single, but I found a pretty reliable high school kid to help just keep things running. He may not do things the way I do, but I am grateful he is willing to work. He can only come once a week now that school has started, so I'm gradually picking up more of the work. Trying to get my fall garden ready. At least it's not 100 degrees outside anymore. We call this false fall here in Texas. Highs upper 80's.
Sending best wishes for better days ahead
❤ May your recovery be quick and lasting. Take care! ❤
Just prioritize the jobs you take on. Do not over-do and become ill from overexertion. Your health must be maintained so you don't have a relapse. You are in my nightly prayers, Lynn.
The Blue do-hickeys are the capacitors that store the charge to help give the fence zapper a kick.
Considering this event we gotta give you credit for being prepared with all those options of backup batteries and stuff. Great job on being prepared on this one!
Lighting ain't no joke...I'm glad no one got hurt.
Glad the lightning rods worked. Sure don't need the barn burning down. Praying for a speedy delivery of your fence gadget. ❤
I’m thinking Sir Porkinton is in a freezer by now.
I think a bear dragged it off dining on it as well as the coyotes.. Remember, Morgan was out with Covid… didn’t hear the squeals
Oohhhh no..poor piggy..I still hope he is ok..
You need to build a square wooden fence around the acorn tree to keep it safe.
If you test a possibly wire with the back of your hand and it turns out to be hot, your hand won’t curl around the hot wire and hold you there via involuntary muscle spasm until the end. 🌈
Why the fuck would you test whether a wire is hot or not by touching it???
A fence does not continously zap you, it sends pulses. It's also not a lethal amount of current
Good advice. I once grabbed a bad 220v cable and couldn't let it go. I was feeling and watching the muscle spasms creeping up my arm in horror and shock (get it?). Once it got to my shoulder the spasms were so violent it ripped the cord out of my grasp. Close one.
@@SoulAirthat depends on the fence charger. Some chargers have a continuous charge and some pulse.
I have fence chargers that will kill you if you fall onto them. The wires on these chargers cut down weeds and grass as they grow and touch it.
Not all chargers are the same.
@@mynameisstanliandimasinger9622that is a common practice on most farms. Most farmers aren’t scared of a little shock.l and know the power of their chargers.
My apt building was hit by lightning on Tuesday. The fire took out the third floor. Luckily no one was hurt. But the water damage was horrible.
Most of the old farm houses out here in Central Texas where I live have lightning rods with glass orbs on them. It took quite a lot of library visits ( Google wasn’t yet a thing when we first moved out here) to find out the purpose of the glass orbs. It was to provide evidence that your home/barn/stables had been struck by lightning, because the orbs would shatter. I agree with the folks advising you to get lightning protection installed. You were so, so lucky!
They are common here,too. I'm surprised he doesn't have them on the barns.Especially the old barn. We had them on our house attached to the weathervanes.
Morgen, I enjoyed this video the most for months! You are doing a great job! Being sick and having pig and lightening problems and still everything under control! Very satisfying to watch! Thank you and good luck!
I love your farm, and love the oak tree you pointed out. Please, if you want to baby those trees, clear out all grass and ground cover at the base of them by putting plain clean cardboard out 3 feet from the base of the trunk in every direction. It might not seem like much, but the grass & groundcover at the base steals nutrients from the tree, strangles your tree roots, and potentially harbors tree diseases. You have plenty of grass & milkweed. We want that oak to thrive now while it's young, to get strong later.
Glad all is basically ok after the lightning strike.
Seems like Sir Porkington has to be lost or stuck in the pig area somewhere. Hope he is found soon.
Sorry to disagree but don't you think a pig would squeal if it was around?
@@elisemiller13 Morgan said Sir Porkington was acting sick or poorly the day before he disappeared so he could be laying somewhere under brush or stuck in a spot. If he is sick or injured he could be difficult to find.
Your fence charging system lies directly in the path of roof to ground electrical transmission. Isolate it or move it out of the grounding path.
So lucky where it hit! Thank goodness 🙌🏻
u mean ''thank goatness'' :P
That's not luck. It's how lightning rods work.
@@alphanerd7221 Except in this case they didn't work - the lightning hit the fence, not the rods on the barn. If the lightning hit the barn the fence energiser wouldn't have exploded.
@@Berkeloid0 Electricity gets around. It can easily hit one thing and blow up something else.
@@alphanerd7221 Yes but there's always a path you can follow, electricity doesn't just magically jump from one place to another, it's all about the path of least (electrical) resistance
If I'd experience lighting/thunder that up close, I would freeze as I watch my twin brother run for cover, only to realize a minute later that I am an only child and that was my soul leaving my body. 😄
The mighty oak tree 🌳 So good no fire from the lightning strike! Lightening split an apple tree right in two, next to my grandmas bedroom window, where I was sleeping…burned it bad!!!
for breaking trail to develop that spring, in wet swampy areas we wait for january frozen ground to use equipment to clear the way. A good winter project, summer is too busy anyhow lol. good luck and have a great day
The preditor that took the pig has two legs. It wasn't an animal, if it had been there would have been a carcass nearby. My bear Vladimir, who comes by my yard a couple of times a year, takes down the bird feeder and drags it at most 20 feet. Animals don't get takeout and eat it at home, they prefer to dine in.
I'm surprised that none of your triail cams caught someone coming onto your property. You may want to set up WiFi cameras around your property, that way all of the video goes to the cloud so even if the camera is disabled or stolen you still have the video.
'Nature' is an awesome entity... Gentle as a Monarch Butterfly, and/or MIGHTY as a BOLT FROM THE BLUE! May your family and your enterprise survive it all. : )
Sorry about the broken electronics, hopefully you have adequate surge protection for the rest of the farm. I’m just glad all souls in the farm is safe and the lightning strike didnt start any fires. I’m excited about the goats. Hopefully you’re able to find a good goat mentor.
The missing pig is really weird.. if someone took him you would have heard the struggle just like of a predator got it.. so many questions 😅
Had to be someone that was known on the farm or looking after the farm so the dog knew them.
@@wenzel7401 agree about the part about the dogs but wouldn't the pig have been squealing if it was picked up and put in a vehicle? That's the part I'm confused about because pigs can be loud when trying to be handled..
"Acts of nature" is the phrase you're looking for
Sorry for the lightning troubles. Scary indeed. Happy to see the tree progress!
That pig has def been stolen dude.
The ASMR of your farm is so soothing.
Different moments restore different memories of my lifetime on different family farms. The seasons. ❤
God can't believe that happened! ❤
Sending prayers 😢❤
My dad's uncle and aunt lived on a large dairy farm they owned in northern Vermont (near Derby, right along the Canadian line). My dad spent summers there and one evening in the early 1940's they had a big lightening storm that struck the farm somewhere overnight. The next day they went out to check the cows and they found a cow that had been leaning on part of the fencing when the lightening struck and it electrocuted her and threw her about 30 feet and she was lying in the pasture "totally cooked" so yes, you are really lucky!
Maybe rest the fence box on cinder blocks moving forward? Won’t burn if it happens again, and you could stack a few and set it in the same spot still. So glad it didn’t light the coop with the chicks! Or anywhere else catastrophic on the farm.
Yes, dig "out channels" from the river if you're able. Hopefully your local drain commission understands the value of digging swales and diverting water.
Good job!
Always giving me hopes and energy for my interests with my property's options for a minifarm.
Wonder if the missing pig got stuck in the mud and is dead deep in a mud hole. seeing as a person could not pick it up and run with it, and mud is very deep out there, Sad , Yes lucky about the storm , could have been bad, Have a good day , enjoy your video s
Oh Darn! The Barn!😮
Hi Morgan, what you need is a couple of beavers. Still praying to God for your farm!
Consider planting pin oaks. Much faster growing. Beautiful shape.
Been at ground zero of at least four lightning strikes in my life and it’s always a truly heart stopping experience. The first and most explosive was aged 7, when our TV aerial was hit. This was 1985 and the inside of our TV resembled your charger box.
I'm so glad to hear that everyone is okay! 😊 I’ve also witnessed a lightning strike right in front of me. On a rainy day, my dad and I were standing at our pig farm during a heavy rain with lots of thunder and lightning in the sky. Suddenly, a flash of light struck a tree only about 5 meters away from us. We were terrified, but thankfully, everyone was safe. The only damage was to the TV and some electrical devices. The next day, I finally went to check out the tree and saw a long crack with a black streak along it, and the tree was completely dead a few days later. Thunder and lightning are truly frightening. Thank God for our safety! 🙏
I bet the missing pig is in a rival freezer camp.
Sir Porkington is probably enjoying roaming the woods, eating acorns.
I like to think so ☺️
You look good glad you are feeling better
Oooh, thank goodness the lightning rods were there to protect the old barn, and I hope you have something for the new barn as well! I’ve had some up close and personal experience with lightning, and trust me, respect and caution is the name of that game. Where on earth can Sir Porkington be, please keep us informed, that is just plain weird. Relieved to see everyone made it through another storm, let’s hope you can keep it that way. Thanks Morgan, always good to see what’s up at Gold Shaw Farm!🐕🐕🦆🪿🐓🐥💕👍
goats are escape artists...they can jump and climb pretty well...good luck
😂 I was just saying that ... 3secs those goats are already gone.😂❤
Alfred has the pig!!!😂😂😂
That would be the best prank ever lolol
@@Gabriel.-_-. That would be funny 😂
I thought that immediately.
Actually, why hasn't Morgan checked with Alfred 🤔
Impressive oak tree! Most often one cannot dig up an oak tree, transplant it, and have it live because they have a super long tap root. Looks like it may be a red oak.
Thanks for sharing your farm.
Thunder and lightning, very, very, frightening me, (Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro magnifico. These experts on water management aren't Beavers by any chance. lol
Remember what I said about your electric fence being your only barrier for a lot of issues? This is exactly the sort of issue I was expecting, you're lucky you didn't lose any animals. You need backup plans for when things fail.
Wow frankly I’m shocked he doesn’t care what “CantThinkOfAHandleSoItsThis” has to say. Surely the condescending random on the internet has all the wisdom. Sounds like you were wrong not right given he literally didn’t lose anything. Using the fact that nothing happened as evidence that you were right that something bad would happen is hilarious. “See I told you if this hypothetical happened that another hypothetical could happen (it didn’t)”
I know other summers are much drier but i think the birds really need a pond so maybe diverting some of the stream to make a few ponds would be good for them especially in summer heat. Looking forward to the goats.
Given that the fence engerizer was blown up, it was your electric fence that was struck, not your barn.
Definitely. If the barn had been struck then it would've induced some current in the fence wire but it wouldn't have been enough to cause the level of damage seen here. It would've had to have been a very close if not direct strike on the fence itself.
Thank you for sharing. ❤👍😊
Lighting strikes are scary! I am glad that everyone is okay!
My want to consider putting something behind your next Charger to prevent a fire. Cause you got lucky it didn't catch the Brooder House on fire. Just a thought. Peace from WV
this is a good opportunity to lightning-proof your fence energizer, or place it on it's own little small structure away from anything else that can catch fire
So many things to comment on! Glad the farm is safe, firstly
I love goats, granted I don't have to take care of them I just watch them on RUclips but I can't wait for you to get them! 🐐
I'm glad you are getting goats to eat down all of the weeds to clean up your farm where the cattle do not graze. Your farm is growing fast now with a lot more cattle. The property that the cattle don't graze is more than you can keep up alone and do all of your other projects. The goats should be eating machines to give you a break on property up keep. 👏👏👏👏
Man you SHOULD be grateful nothing else happened. Just the other day my neighbors machine shed got struck by lightning, after a couple of hours of the breaker box sparking, the whole machine shed lights up, burning every piece of equipment inside.
Ol' Morgan with the Dead Kennedys hat!? Well played sir, well played
Morgan, thanks for this very interesting & informative video. As usual, you brighten my day.
Porkington saw your hat and took off for a *_"Holiday in Cambodia."_*
Keep rocking the Dead Kennedys cap Morgan! It is a good look.
Everything was interesting, it's nice that you want to protect that tree. It's also nice that you're still trying to find the pig. I'm excited to see some goats!
You are so lucky. Neighbors 2 houses down lost their entire house to a lightning fire during a storm that wasn't nearly as strong as what you showed. They were fine, thankfully, but burned down to the foundation.
I hope you have an overall positive experience with the goats. Not that you keep & grow them forever. But I hope they can assist you with the maintenance of your overgrowth. And cleaning up brush where you need to. Perhaps goats will be Abby's love & joy.
Perhaps you can now dig up fulgurite where the lightning went into the ground 🙂
Hi Morgan and Goldshaw farm animals 🥰
Hey Morgan, this is RJ
Another great video. Always enjoy your videos especially when you show Roy's Mountain and Harvey's Mountain in the background along with the profile of Old West Road...
Glad you didn’t lose anything to fire. Lightning is an awesome force. I was ~150 or so from a tree that got hit. Put the fear of God into me. No more hanging around outside to watch the lightning. My hair stood up right before it hit and I knew it was coming. Just terrifying.
I actually know the answer to why the fence charger was affected while the pump was not. It was because the fence charger was on, while the pump was not on. The electricity was flowing to the fence charger, but was not flowing to the pump. So, anything that was connected to the electricity grid and that was running was affected, while anything not running was not affected.
Idk about goats long term but i can honestly see a potential of sheep grazing with the cattle in the future
Hi Morgan, I'm doing the same kind of assessment on my property, which has the Dog River running through it. I've seen the river dig itself deeper and with a more narrow flow area, also the intensity of the flooding recently has knocked some previously high banks down lower, so the water will rush over that area, and into my back field, through my barn (!), and eventually fill my cellar. I've been here for about 60 years, and believe, from observing the river since I was a kid, that dredging isn't the answer, but floodplain creation is. I have a large field that used to gradually fill when the river flooded, and I believe that recreating that situation probably would be a gentler long term solution to my problem.
Your idea for herding the water into the cedar swamp when it floods is, IMHO, a good one. Help funnel the water where you want it to go. Also, that may be where it originally WAS going before the intense flooding you've been experiencing rearranged everything, and you and Mother Nature can work together to redirect the brook to, hopefully, its original status. Dredging doesn't hold for too long, and you will find yourself with the same problem again in a few years, having to dredge again. Very interesting video, and I am so glad you and your barn and property are safe, all the animals too!
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Touching those capacitors without making sure they were discharged made me cringe quite a bit. Extremely dangerous.
When I was young and in a moving car we once had lighting strike a little sapping in someone's yard no more than 10 feet away. It was very skinny bolt. The bolt that hit your barn looked like a monster compared to it.
I was so waiting for the THUNDER STRUCK part of the song from ACDC to start playing lol. But It was a serious situation, and I'm so happy your all okay ❤ Can't wait to meet the goats! ❤
Always have surge protection, a good Earth path and have good Bonding to structure steel frame work and your lightning Protection in line with your local Electrical Regulations.
It is good you have a “depth “ of redundancy when you have a failure of kit.
Gotta love the cow-zen of cows just happily ripping and grazing and omnomming on the new fresh grass 17:59 🌱
I love the oak tree story! Your green pastures are a delight to my eye, quite the contrast for me in So Calif 🦋💜
that tree.. i would build some robust wood fence around it to protect it . steady so that the cows can scratch against it . insted of the tree
I live in the country and thunder has bounced off my roof. Wow the noise was ear splitting. Three times lightning has fried my telephone so I keep an old fashioned dial up for emergencies. Happy country living.
all i will say with goats is make sure you protect what you want to keep and have good tall fences!
get some pallets n build the goats a mountain to climb on......sweet
Thank goodness for lightening rods!!
We have only in the last 3 days had massive wind and thunder storms that knocked out power across half our state. Glad all is ok with you and your crew. Stay safe, nothing is more important than your own safety, without you there is no farm.
Brings a whole new meaning to Halt, Melt and Catch Fire. (prehistoric programmer joke - if you don't rewind to tape drives and mainframes you don't get it.)