Scott Swanson
Ron and Connie Womack were in a bedroom of their home near the crest of Fern Ridge Monday morning, Aug. 3, when they got the distinct sense that a storm was looming.
Connie was sitting near the window – not on the porch as she usually does in the summer mornings.
Suddenly, about 10 a.m., they heard a deafening explosion outside. Lightning had hit a tall Douglas fir about 100 feet from their…