We had winds of 70 mph about a year and a half back, but 75 mph...WOW! Nice group, Rick!
Jack --- On Sun, 6/27/10, Rick Womer <rwomer1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Rick Womer <rwomer1...@yahoo.com> > Subject: GESO - After the Storm > To: "Pentax List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 11:59 AM > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
