Devastation
What was left of Tropical Storm Cindy blew through Woodstock last night and early this morning. By the time it got to my house, it was little more than a big, wet, windy rainstorm. It dumped about 3 inches of rain on us overnight but I managed to sleep through most of it. An unusual occurrence by the way, since inclement weather - particularly strong winds and hard, blowing rain - get me wound up. ("Will the sump pump go out?", "Will the roof blow off?", "Will the trees come to life and the dead rise from the ground like they did in Poltergeist?" And no eye rolling... all of these have happened to me at one time or another.)
At dawn's first light, I saw that one of our ancient trees had blown down. Such a pity, first Maryland's Wye Oak and now this old fellow in the yard behind me.
Mother Nature takes no prisoners.
K-
That's so sad about your old tree. It's never a good thing to lose a tree, and that one was pretty special.
I hope you will be able to save the little one in the picture.
Cindy? WOW. I figured it dissipated right after it left here. I saw a lot of fabulous old oak tree branches all over the road yesterday in New Orleans. Bummer.