Winds

We had some nasty weather earlier this week. . in fact, as I watched the huge tree outside my 5th floor office window, all I could think of was the whomping willow (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/hogwarts/castle/willow.html) of Harry Potter fame, especially as it continously whomped the giant windows next to my desk causing me to jump.

Traveled home, swirving around tree branches in the road, headed up the long windy road to the house, swirving to miss bigger tree branches, and got told a tree did fall. .took pics, as it's amazing nobody was hurt. The two dogs that were in this run were fine.

You can see the end of the tree on the opposite side. .this run is 20 ft wide. . .if you look closely, you can see how far the fence is pulled down
This is all that's holdint this good 10+ ft of tree off the ground. . I am amazed that the pole isn't bent much more than in is

The original home of that branch. . .thankfully we didn't lose any electricty. . .storms can get fierce here in MD, and we're surrounded by lots of old trees. . .

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