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About 30 years old and 30 feet tall, it usually had hundreds of figs and fed every creature in the neighborhood. One of my tall hardwoods fell and hit it dead center sending it in all directions. It did the splits. :-)
I took this same photo on Sep 12. Amazingly the cloud cover of Irma was so thick I had to use high iso and fill flash. At midday, it looked like late evening. I took this photo yesterday with the cloud cover gone.
A rainbow is seen over the Chesapeake Bay after Tropical Storm Isaias quickly came through Hampton Roads, Virginia on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Virginia Sea Grant)
Tropical Storm Isaias made landfall in North Carolina around 11 p.m on Monday night. Heavy rain occurred spastically in areas from Central VA to Hampton Roads along with High winds of 40 to 70 mph.
Historic Building dating back by look quite a number of years. If it is going to be saved some shoring needed or a strong wind might topple it. With the new roof it appears that it might indeed be cared for in the future.
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As a result of a mini-vacation to San Francisco to help Eric Kim out with a workshop, I've been totally slacking with posting images.
But all good things must come to an end. Here's a snap I took from Berkeley, CA just around the corner from Eric's house.
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/125 Seconds
Aperture: F/2.8
Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M5
Lens: Panasonic Lumix 14mm F/2.5
Things aren't looking to good for my little wellhouse. We had a wind storm again the other night and it tore a large part of the roof off. This side of the building faces west. The other side is okay for now, but this side is looking bad.
Best Viewed LARGE
On the third day of the 4-day Scenic Rim Trail hike/bushwalk, we were in the rainforest for most of it. There were gale force winds and a number of huge trees came down, some right across the track and one just a few minutes before we were there. Quite worrying.
As usual, the display of poppies at the Devonport War Memorial has been spectacular this year. This little odd bod caught my eye amongst the more normal flowers though. A victim of the wind, I'd say...
Straight from the camera, except for a bit of straightening and cropping.
February 13, 2019: Two more large branches fallen from the tree across the street from our home. I believe that the wind was stronger during the night than it was after dawn, when I first saw what had happened.
This large tree, weakened by years of drought, lost a large limb in 2015. See:
That limb missed our neighbor's home, and the damage today appears limited to the gutters on the lower part of the roof.
A city crew stopped and looked at the tree earlier this morning. A contractor will probably remove the fallen limbs quickly, but we'll see whether the rest of the tree remains viable.
Lime Lake Fen Windthrow [Four days ago a 60 mph microburst hit Spring Arbor, knocking out electric power within a couple of minutes. Two days ago, while paddling the length of Lime Lake, I noticed a strange black amphitheater shape on the shore. As I got close to it, I saw that the wind had blown down this Eastern Red Cedar (my best guess). I did some research and learned that windthrow is an infrequent event that is part of the fen’s unique ecosystem. There is a lack of oxygen in the waterlogged soils of fens; therefore, trees cannot put down deep root systems. Strong windstorms topple them creating new habitat in a new micro-environment. #fen #redcedar #ecology #environment #winddamage
10/8/2009 Mike Orazzi | Staff
The damage from a Black Locust tree that fell on a home at 77 Blakeslee Street in Bristol on late Wednesday night.
Russ Allison Loar 1h
January 21: The morning after ferocious winds toppled trees and ripped fences apart in the tree-lined college town of Claremont, Southern California.
Almost four weeks after the unprecedented Southern California windstorm of January 20th, 2022, there is still much work to be done of clearing the larger uprooted trees.
January 21: The morning after ferocious winds toppled trees in the tree-lined college town of Claremont, Southern California, a tree trimmer is hard at work.
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a ……"
Hurricane Michael was here.
Watching the Sun set, reminded me of a movie.
Altha, FL
One week after Hurricane Michael.
March 14, 2017
I was SO close to my destination. For a moment I thought; "hmm, I can fit under that..." Then I came to my senses and turned around.
This is the road that runs along the top of the bluff, parallel to the Cape Cod National Seashore. It's waves are crashing about 100 yards to the right at the base of the cliff.
Near Nauset Light Beach
Cape Cod National Seashore
Eastham, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
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January 21: The morning after ferocious winds toppled trees in the tree-lined college town of Claremont, Southern California.
January 21: The morning after ferocious winds toppled trees in the tree-lined college town of Claremont, Southern California.
A tropical storm at this point, I still can't imagine anyone riding out the brute force of a hurricane in Texas or Florida. Tropical storm Irma made her way through the upstate of South Carolina with fury unlike anything I have ever seen. Perhaps wind gusts in upward of 60mph (97km), these weather phenomena's are deadly serious with destructive force. Making them so destructive are the high winds and incredible down drafts over land. The thought of hours upon hours of hurricane force winds at 75+mph+ (120km) is mind boggling. Thoughts and prayers to all the victims of hurricane's Harvey and Irma.
Drove about 180 miles east from Des Moines to the family farm in Jackson County, Iowa over the weekend. There was visible damage from last week's huge storm (aka derecho) along every mile of the trip: downed power lines, flattened fields, damaged homes and businesses, fallen trees. This, for example, is a huge new grain bin at the River Valley Cooperative in Martelle - the tallest structure in this town of 250 people - which collapsed onto itself, spilling thousands of bushels of corn to the roadway. Outside of the Midwest this natural disaster, that has caused an untold amount of damage and left tens of thousands of people without power for days, has received very little attention.
A tropical storm at this point, I still can't imagine anyone riding out the brute force of a hurricane in Texas or Florida. Tropical storm Irma made her way through the upstate of South Carolina with fury unlike anything I have ever seen. Perhaps wind gusts in upward of 60mph (97km), these weather phenomena's are deadly serious with destructive force. Making them so destructive are the high winds and incredible down drafts over land. The thought of hours upon hours of hurricane force winds at 75+mph+ (120km) is mind boggling. Thoughts and prayers to all the victims of hurricane's Harvey and Irma.
Drove about 180 miles east from Des Moines to the family farm in Jackson County, Iowa over the weekend. There was visible damage from last week's huge storm (aka derecho) along every mile of the trip: downed power lines, flattened fields, damaged homes and businesses, fallen trees. This, for example, is a huge new grain bin at the River Valley Cooperative in Martelle - the tallest structure in this town of 250 people - which collapsed onto itself, spilling thousands of bushels of corn to the roadway. Outside of the Midwest this natural disaster, that has caused an untold amount of damage and left tens of thousands of people without power for days, has received very little attention.
Until Sunday night and the winds took their toll this was a working windmill with a great bakery to the rear , I do hope it can be restored .It is know locally as Mount Pleasant windmill .It was built in 1875 for miller Eric Lansdall as a four-patent-sailed, slightly tapering four-storeyed tarred tower mill with onion-shaped cap and fantail on top of the remaining roundhouse of a previously erected post-mill.
January 21: The morning after ferocious winds toppled trees in the tree-lined college town of Claremont, Southern California.
Slow Motion clip of this event: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/27782781672/in/datepos...
This event could have been a lot more serious but the only damage was a bent gutter in front of our house and roof shingle that was goughed. By some miracle, the trampoline scraped and bounce off the dining room window but didn't go through it as it lifted. However, parts of the trampoline broke off and landed on the roof.
At the time, radar was depicting a meso-cyclone developing just to my south. By being on the edge of this system, we must have caught the strongest downdraft. Weather stations closer to Cheyenne reported wind gusts only in the mid-30's MPH range.
Well, this is kind of a shocking post for me to write, as well as my first "damage" observation during my three-four years of photography and weather spotting.
I captured photos of "Ashmore Estates," a historic site in East Central Illinois. As seen in this photo the roof is torn off. As well, I took some snapshots of other storm damage from Ashmore, Illinois due to possible 70-100 mph straight line/destructive winds from the other night (01/29/13.) Rumor has it was a tornado which caused this damage - I doubt this was a tornado. Although, my gut feeling says this was a "microburst." Unless it was a tornado, it had to have been possibly either an EF-0, or EF-1 at most which abruptly touched down and ascended back into the thunderstorm's updraft base, where most tornadoes do form.
Some extra info regarding a "microburst" ...this is a sudden and violent burst of air which descends from a thunderstorm's downdraft region where wind, rain, and hail rush out from underneath the said area, effecting only a small path unlike macrobursts, thus hitting the Ashmore Estates area just along Route 16 in Coles County. This caused a 10+ hour power outage and downed over 4 dozen power poles.
In addition to what caused this damage, a secondary band of storms formed near I-57 after a first passage of a weakened squall line, prompting severe thunderstorm warnings for the Effingham area and south. At around 10pm this second storm system struck and brought powerhouse winds to the Ashmore area in Coles County.
Ashmore Estates is said to be "haunted" and is quite popular among Ghost Hunter television shows. Although I doubt any of these hauntings, it's very sad to see a historical site's roof torn off from my hometown, where loved ones and friends have worked at. Mother Nature sure can be grumpy.
Here's a link all about what happened to this building as per a previous newspaper article:
jg-tc.com/news/owner-ashmore-estates-to-see-repairs/artic...
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Drove about 180 miles east from Des Moines to the family farm in Jackson County, Iowa over the weekend. There was visible damage from last week's huge storm (aka derecho) along every mile of the trip: downed power lines, flattened fields, damaged homes and businesses, fallen trees. This, for example, is a huge new grain bin at the River Valley Cooperative in Martelle - the tallest structure in this town of 250 people - which collapsed onto itself, spilling thousands of bushels of corn to the roadway. Outside of the Midwest this natural disaster, that has caused an untold amount of damage and left tens of thousands of people without power for days, has received very little attention.
Drove about 180 miles east from Des Moines to the family farm in Jackson County, Iowa over the weekend. There was visible damage from last week's huge storm (aka derecho) along every mile of the trip: downed power lines, flattened fields, damaged homes and businesses, fallen trees. This, for example, is a huge new grain bin at the River Valley Cooperative in Martelle - the tallest structure in this town of 250 people - which collapsed onto itself, spilling thousands of bushels of corn to the roadway. Outside of the Midwest this natural disaster, that has caused an untold amount of damage and left tens of thousands of people without power for days, has received very little attention.
Winds rip off parts of cover over petroleum coke
at Port Saint John NB
Storage structure owned by N.B. Power is slated
for demolition after severe wind damage
December 28, 2017
A textured and changing sky hangs in the distance. In the foreground, kayak racks have been toppled into the creek by fierce winds on Christmas Day.
Paine's Creek Beach
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2017
All Rights Reserved
...always learning - critiques welcome.
Tools: Canon 7D & iPhone 6s.
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Drove about 180 miles east from Des Moines to the family farm in Jackson County, Iowa over the weekend. There was visible damage from last week's huge storm (aka derecho) along every mile of the trip: downed power lines, flattened fields, damaged homes and businesses, fallen trees. This, for example, is a huge new grain bin at the River Valley Cooperative in Martelle - the tallest structure in this town of 250 people - which collapsed onto itself, spilling thousands of bushels of corn to the roadway. Outside of the Midwest this natural disaster, that has caused an untold amount of damage and left tens of thousands of people without power for days, has received very little attention.