Church near Plymouth struck by lightning in winter storm
A church near Plymouth has been badly damaged in a thunderstorm.
A lightning strike has left a hole in the roof of Pillaton Church in Saltash.
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Pillaton Church by Paul Hutchinson
Bell ringing captain Richard Warwick told the BBC: "There's pretty major structural damage to the church.
"One of the four pinnacles on the roof, which weigh several tonnes, has exploded and the main part of it has made a huge gaping hole in the body of the main church."
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Lightning during a winter storm of snow or hail is rare and is sometimes called Thundersnow.
9 Comments
by jabbathebutt
Tuesday, January 22 2013, 10:03PM
“Bell ringing captain Richard Warwick told the BBC: "There's pretty major structural damage to the church.
If its so "pretty" why is he complaining ?”
by newjanner
Tuesday, January 22 2013, 8:15PM
“eye luke sily noww teh Herrald hass spelt litenin propa”
by MissAnthrope
Tuesday, January 22 2013, 7:48PM
“I think the Herald's all time low was when it accidently missed out the 'o' in Count Dracula.”
by jboy66
Tuesday, January 22 2013, 4:43PM
“......'Nevman'. Yes the spelling is awful. Today we hit an all time low in the A38 Closed at Manadon report with the spelling of 'the'. The Heralds attempt being 'teh'. A family friend called Mike was the main spell checker at the herald but was made redundant 15years ago, never replaced. His job daily to read every sentence before letting go to press. Perhaps they could get him back to save 'teh' sinking Herald !”
by Hearald
Tuesday, January 22 2013, 2:16PM
“Even God wants to get rid of churches”
by GAWker
Tuesday, January 22 2013, 1:57PM
“We had such a storm 2-3 weeks ago, at about the same time as the one this morning. I thought it was noisy traffic but was thunder. Horizontal lightning across the sky is quite something. Not that rare.”
by catdaddy1214
Tuesday, January 22 2013, 1:29PM
“Lmao!”
by Nevman
Tuesday, January 22 2013, 1:26PM
“Has it floated away, or do you mean lightning?
(Tip for Herald's "expert" writers: relying on spellcheckers is no substitute for learning how to spell, especially where ****nyms are concerned...)”
by newjanner
Tuesday, January 22 2013, 1:21PM
“Is lightening some substance to make it lighter? Shoddy reporting again”