Sympathetic agony

"Poor thing! Poor thing! Poor thing!"
Taxi driver as he past the Phil Price sculpture that was struck by lightning (thanks R)

Direct hit

There was hail and then there was lightning. In Wellington's Evans Bay at around 2.30 pm Phil Price's 2003 sculpture Zephyrometer scored a direct hit and has been badly damaged only five month's after its extensive refurbishment.  More here on Stuff.