RaspberrySwirl
Well-Known Member
Following up on mypost "Timber" last night, things got nasty! Trees and power lines werecoming down everywhere. Carolyn called me first thing this morning,before I had even peeked outside (bless her heart for always lookingout for us!) I got up and pulled on warm clothes, grabbed the cameraand off I went! My little town looks like it got hit by oneof our famous Kansas Twisters, only our houses are still here. Thisstorm took the tops of all the mature trees off. When you look acrossopen fields it looks like a bunch of sticks, no bushy tops.I'm going to be so sad come next spring. I'm such atree/garden person. So, here's a bunch of photos.
Raspberry
This is a close up of a tip of a branchthat came off the cotton wood that came down in my back yard. Look howmuch ice is coated on the branch! The little branch inside isn't evenas big as a straw but I put in next to it for comparison.
This is the cottonwood and my backyard.It was a 20 year old tree. At least a nub is left for Sebastian'sLittle Girls tire swing!
This is my front yard maple and then ashot of the big branch that nearly went through our front window atmidnight!
This is another good shot of how coatedthe branches were and why the lines and trees were coming down likethey were
Theseshotsare goingdown the road into our little town. All the trees were bent all the wayover from the weight of the ice.
This shows how the tops were just taken off
The rest are just "damage"
Raspberry
This is a close up of a tip of a branchthat came off the cotton wood that came down in my back yard. Look howmuch ice is coated on the branch! The little branch inside isn't evenas big as a straw but I put in next to it for comparison.
This is the cottonwood and my backyard.It was a 20 year old tree. At least a nub is left for Sebastian'sLittle Girls tire swing!
This is my front yard maple and then ashot of the big branch that nearly went through our front window atmidnight!
This is another good shot of how coatedthe branches were and why the lines and trees were coming down likethey were
Theseshotsare goingdown the road into our little town. All the trees were bent all the wayover from the weight of the ice.
This shows how the tops were just taken off
The rest are just "damage"