When a Tree (Branch) Falls in C’ville

Posted on August 26, 2007 by marijean

We had an impressive little storm roll through C’ville last night, complete with power outages and (what drought?) full-on downpours.

A huge branch from one of our backyard trees fell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It landed only a few feet from the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

With all the thunder, rain and hail, we didn’t notice when it fell, and were shocked to look out from the sunroom and see it on the ground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I remembered this section of the tree as having a large squirrels’ nest in it — one I’d been watching and waiting to see fall in the next storm. I didn’t imagine it would take half the upper tree with it. Some squirrel family is really ticked right now.

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2 Responses to When a Tree (Branch) Falls in C’ville

  1. Jennifer says:
    August 26, 2007 at 2:43 pm

    We once had a lightening strike about 40 feet behind our house and didn’t notice until the next day when we saw a whole lotta tree lying on the ground in lots of pieces.

  2. Selfmademom says:
    August 26, 2007 at 3:08 pm

    That is scary!!! Our neighborhood in Chicago got totally socked by the storm. Trees down everywhere. Blocking streets, it is just getting cleaned up…