Mencken_Fan Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Good photos all. Appreciate the time and effort posters put into photography and posting. I didn't see as many downed large trees in my part of Cape Fear, N.C. as midlothian did up in Virginia but did see more bent and snapped ones. Bethesda's pic of shredded leaves definitely hit the mark; we we carpeted with 'em down here (on the doors, windows, pavement, ground...) Good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 What I'm most concerned about is the basketball hoops in Bethesdawx's neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 ^agreed. I think it is safe to say that out of all the pics so far BBs suck most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Just West Of Harrisburg Pa, i lost power from 430am till 830pm. I had soffit and facia blown off my house, some roof damage as well as a window on my 3rd floor was blown out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 My Pier WOW!!! THAT REALLY SUCKS. I remember reading comment about your pier being destroyed, but the pics define the destruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Hope you all can hang on til tonite, I may go ahead and upload my photo of my non-working TV. And an action vid of my 10-year-old flicking our light switches up and down to no effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catoctin wx Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Can someone teach BB how to focus his camera? I feel drunk looking at the blurry devastation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 i have no damage pics, but i am still without power, going on 31 hours. at my parents house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 i have no damage pics, but i am still without power, going on 31 hours. at my parents house... so your sister came home and y'all are having a big family party? junk food and beer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 so your sister came home and y'all are having a big family party? junk food and beer? I only arrived this morning, one of my sisters is here, the other is on her way home... spent the hurricane with the boyfriend some place. I did get a yummy breakfast and hot coffee when I get here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlo Snow Maker Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Major damage along cary st, three chopt rd in the city of ric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I only arrived this morning, one of my sisters is here, the other is on her way home... spent the hurricane with the boyfriend some place. I did get a yummy breakfast and hot coffee when I get here though. awesome.....we had beer for breakfest yesterday and successfully drank all the beer in the fridge before it got warm. Even had to go additional hurricane beverages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 seems like every tree in RIC aimed for a house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 seems like every tree in RIC aimed for a house. and i bet those picture don't begin to tell the half of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 http://photos.pennlive.com/patriot-news/2011/08/green_stjpg.html above link shows local damage (Harrisburg and surrounding area) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 pictures of tree on my office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlo Snow Maker Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 House is destroyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeRedheads Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 The tree service businesses will rake in the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 The tree service businesses will rake in the money. yeah, no kidding. I saw some tree guys early this am getting coffee. i said you guys look tired, the one guy said yes, but i have a pocket full of money and enough firewood for 3 years.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Potential failure in my backyard. It won't hit the house or anything so I will probably leave it for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlo Snow Maker Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 a few more from the cary st area. powerlines all over the place they will be lucky to have power by this weekend. this piece of wood weighed 31,500 pounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 a few more from the cary st area. powerlines all over the place they will be lucky to have power by this weekend. this piece of wood weighed 31,500 pounds That fourth pic shows a really massive tree. It is always a shame when one of those go down. It probably took a couple hundred, or more, years to grow that. Really a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 my wife is going down to RIC today for a day trip(granparents). i will really be interested to hear what she sees as far as damage down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlo Snow Maker Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 my wife is going down to RIC today for a day trip(granparents). i will really be interested to hear what she sees as far as damage down there. she probably won't notice it that much on main roads. to see the real damage you have to go back into the neighborhoods and here is the "storm preparedness fail pic" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMU2004 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Dominion just notified me that they will START work on my outage on Friday. Lost power Saturday at noon........ Of course work still has power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catoctin wx Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Midlo, any idea how old that tree is in pictures 3 and 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Midlo, any idea how old that tree is in pictures 3 and 4? If you look in the foreground of the picture with the guy squatting to cut it, you can see oak leaves. If the tree is oak, I'd imagine somewhere between 250 to maybe as much as 350 years old. Now, this is not some expert opinion. However, my experience cutting oaks on my own property has led me to notice that usually they will have about 10 rings per inch on average, and sometimes more. When young they seem to put on girth fast, but later they really slow down. If you assume that man cutting is at least 5'6", it looks like that tree is greater than 4 foot in diameter. That would mean a radius of over 2 feet, over 24 inches. At an average of 10 rings per inch, that would be about 240 years. If you had 15 per inch, which I have seen higher numbers, you would be at about 350 years. I think my estimates of the size of that tree are low, if anything. Of course, the rings could be counted, but sometimes that is tough unless you have a good straight flat cut, and the tree was healthy at its core. Sometimes those rings in the core are hard to count because the wood is so dark and often somewhat rotted. Just some stray thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 These three pictures were taken today at 6:30. The tree is still blocking the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 The tree down on one end of my road is still there too. I guess it's not super-heavy traffic but a sign that they have a number of things to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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