| From here, you can see the hole where our fence fell (the neighbors fence was actually taken apart on purpose, for construction before the storm). You can also make out a downed power pole |
A tighter shot of the downed power pole. This came down when a tree dropped onto the power lines further up the block |
A tighter shot of our blown-down fence |
Close-up of the downed power pole |
Thankfully, this tree got caught up in another one. Otherwise, it would have landed smack on top of the McElwee’s house |
This is the tree that took down the power pole behind our house |
| The intersection just north of that downed tree had to be blocked off, because of the downed lines strewn across it |
A wide shot of the same intersection |
It seemed that almost no vegetation was spared. Certainly not these newly-planted shrubs at Rose Hill Elementary |
A neighbor’s garage. A more direct hit probably would have taken the garage out completely, but this still did plenty of damage |
The broken base of the tree that hit the garage. There was a fair amount of rot in the stump |
According to the immediate neighbors, the owners of the house this tree is leaning on had just bought the place. Welcome to the neighborhood! |
| The path leading to South Rose Hill Park, completely covered in debris |
Lots of trees down at the park. On the bright side, only a few sections of fence were hit here. |
Limbing the tree in preparation for cutting it up |
Many of the trees that landed on houses wound up like this, thankfully, instead of crashing through the structure |
The chimney of this house even appears to have held up reasonably well |
Why that one section of fence stayed up when all the others fell, I have no idea |
