!/2 Mile, What A Difference

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

We had a storm yesterday afternoon and got buckets of rain. No major thunder, lightening or wind.

I went out awhile ago and holy cow, just a 1/2 mile away branches and limbs in the road. A huge pine tree fell over and was resting against a neighbor's house. The ground pulled out at the trunk must be 20 ft. in diameter. There is another tree across power lines.

It must have been a narrow section of straight line winds.

My friend who lives down there said her 30 yr. old lilac tree/bush was pulled out at the base. She said trees were bent sideways, she headed to her basement.

This end of the road dodged a bullet.

Marp · ‎03-09-2010

I find the results of wind, even relatively mild wind, fascinating. I've had a heavy chair on my deck moved by the wind but an empty cardboard box a foot from it in place. There have been many instances of such occurrences that leaving me scratching my head in wonder.

What is good for the goose today will also be good for the gander tomorrow.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
We had a storm yesterday afternoon and got buckets of rain. No major thunder, lightening or wind.

I went out awhile ago and holy cow, just a 1/2 mile away branches and limbs in the road. A huge pine tree fell over and was resting against a neighbor's house. The ground pulled out at the trunk must be 20 ft. in diameter. There is another tree across power lines.

It must have been a narrow section of straight line winds.

My friend who lives down there said her 30 yr. old lilac tree/bush was pulled out at the base. She said trees were bent sideways, she headed to her basement.

This end of the road dodged a bullet.

@CrazyKittyLvr2 It sounds like maybe a microburst of winds. Those happen a lot when storms are collapsing.

Jk9 · ‎07-18-2013

Scary isn't it? We are in a "storm alley" and you never know how your severity will be as to those just a 1/2 mile away. Sometimes you can see the heavy part of the storm going just beyond you.

If my dog doesn't like you, neither do I.

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

Back in 1999, I think, we had an F1 tornado. It hit the beginning of our road 2 miles away, come down along the road and went around the hill behind our house.

Folks 2 miles away had a glass top patio table. The glass top ended up in a pine tree in their yard....unbroken.

I didn't even have a bent geranium.

We seem to be having some really nasty winds a lot more lately. That scares me more than lightning.