Lightning struck a tree that was connected to a barbed wire fence on a ranch in Tetonia. The current from the fence killed 15 cattle lined up next to the fence.
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Lightning struck a tree that was connected to a barbed wire fence on a ranch in Tetonia. The current from the fence killed 15 cattle lined up next to the fence. Cost to the rancher was between 15 and 20 thousand dollars.
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:44 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree that was connected to a barbed wire fence on a ranch in Tetonia. The current from the fence killed 15 cattle lined up next to the fence. Cost to the rancher was between 15 and 20 thousand dollars.
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