Wow. It seems strange to blog about two storms so close together. Even though Tropical Storm Andrea brought us a lot of rain, it brought us very little wind.
Today, in the space of ten minutes, wind gusts blew down trees, branches, the lid off our mailbox (but didn't harm the bird feeder), and sent the geese and goslings scrambling to the house while the chickens headed out toward the field. It was both scary and exciting to watch. Unlike the hurricanes we've had in the past, there wasn't a whole lot of noise with this quickly passing storm.
Today, in the space of ten minutes, wind gusts blew down trees, branches, the lid off our mailbox (but didn't harm the bird feeder), and sent the geese and goslings scrambling to the house while the chickens headed out toward the field. It was both scary and exciting to watch. Unlike the hurricanes we've had in the past, there wasn't a whole lot of noise with this quickly passing storm.
2/3 (of what was left) of the Bradford Pear came down. This time I think Bobby is in agreement we cut down the remainder.
Pine limbs down at the pond.
Not the best photo, but it does a goodjob of showing how fast the wind was blowing. The pecan tree on the left was almost blown double. Thankful this happened in June and not October when the nuts are beginning to ripen! It will be interesting to see how much fruit remained on the fruit trees.
And that's it. While we had small rounds of showers the rest of the evening with some thunder and lightning, the worst of the storm was the black cloud and the 10-15 minutes of wind. After that it was calm (and everyone was driving around checking out all the damage in the neighborhood...that always reminds me of China).
Meanwhile, my thoughts and prayers are with a couple from college who live in Colorado and had been told to be ready to evacuate at a moment's notice. I can't even begin to imagine.
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