St. John's is in the midst of a wild fall storm. The glass started dropping about 10:30 this morning and kept on going. We have had heavy rain, thunderstorms, wet snow and in the last hour we've sustained hurricane-force north-westerlies at 75 kph with gusts as high as 140 kph (87 mph).
About 20 minutes ago a 50 foot maple tree in my garden snapped off about ten feet above the ground and bounced off the roof sounding like a truck hitting the corner of the house. No damage that I can see with a flashlight, but it's not safe to be out there right now so further inspection will have to wait for daylight.
The lights are still on here (obviously) but I have heard parts of the city are blacked out. The weather office says the winds will diminish overnight.
UPDATE: No damage to the house but our 40 ring triple-trunk maple is pretty much history. It lost one trunk last night and we cut down the second trunk this afternoon. It made a nice stack of firewood for the Aspen. The third trunk is looking poorly and we'll probably take that down on the weekend.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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