Thursday afternoon a violent thunderstorm tore through Philly, with wind gusts clocked at 75mph (~120km/h). Lots of trees came down, and some areas still don't have electricity (and it's 92F/33C).
A large maple came down on our block, doing minor damage to a few houses on the way: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11190450 No exit: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11190451 In the park across the street, five huge, beautiful sycamores came down. Despite the destruction a "party atmosphere" prevailed 2 hours after the storm: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11190454&size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11190452&size=lg The park has the world's only statue of Charles Dickens, but area was a bit messy: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11190452&size=lg Tree crews have worked steadily, and Saturday this was all that was left. Somehow, the bare logs make the scale of the damage clearer: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11190456&size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11190458&size=lg (All with K7, DA 16-45) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
