Tree Fall Down
I’m not sure why I found this video so charming, but it probably has something to do with the wind-that-wasn’t-a-tornado that came through my neighborhood several years ago. One evening, in the midst of a big thunderstorm, there was a “wind event” that destroyed major swathes of trees through our town, neighborhood, and very own yard. I have an acre lot that is mostly wooded, and by my best count, we had twenty trees completely uprooted, four more cut down by the utility company that was trying to untangle major power lines from our downed trees, and at least six more severely damaged trees that had to be dealt with by the tree people.
We also had one of the panels of our front door blown out and down the front hallway, while the garage door, a mere twenty feet or so to the right of the front door, was sucked out of it’s frame and into the driveway. Fortunately, we had no roof or other damage to the house.
There were trees down and debris blown all over the area. It certainly looked like a tornado. But the TV weatherman that night explained it had been a downdraft, which is a sudden blast of air from a thundercloud that shoots straight down to the earth at great speed, and when it hits the ground the wind moves outward from the point of impact until the energy finally dissipates. Whatever. It did much the same damage a tornado would do, and we had far fewer trees in our woods than we had before. It took the utility company two days to repair the line that ran along our property (and therefore two days to move their heavy equipment out of our driveway), and another three days or so for the army of tree people to cut and chip all the trees in our yard.
This video documents the removal of a very large oak tree which was felled by a tropical storm.
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