Update from Irvington - Neighborhood Takes on Storm
The neighborhood of Irvington was hit by a powerful thunderstorm on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. Thankfully, this storm carried no tornadoes with it, but the high wind speeds were quite damaging. Downed trees, lost power, and a whole lot of rain kept the neighborhood on edge for most of the day. The Indianapolis airport clocked wind speeds of 67 MPH around mid-day, which is only a 5 year mean recurrence interval but definitely not your average thunderstorm.
No power in my house - but it could have been much worse
This piece of wood impaled itself into our lawn
When I arrived home after work on Tuesday, the neighborhood looked like a war zone. Severals streets were closed down and several crews were working to cut up trees. Our house on the north side of the neighborhood had lost power (and would be without for 3 days). I found three large branches on the roof, but the gutters seemed to be the only damaged parts of the house. There was some mad shuffling to get refrigerated goods into our neighbors' homes, but other than that it was just a quiet few days reading by candlelight until power was restored.
This poor tree was all but ready to fall over
The next day I explored a little more of the neighborhood. Our neighbors to the east lost their garage. Near South Aububon circle the Victorian Gothic house lost their porch (but could have lost much more). The circle itself lost a huge tree that crushed a car. On the east intersection an enormous forked tree split all the way to the ground.
A large tree on the circle causing mayhem in the streets
Bad luck
The heavy winds split the tree trunk
If you enlarge you can see where the tree bounced off of the tower...
... and landed on top of the porch
The city definitely helped restore the streets and clear debris, I was quite pleased with their reaction. There is still plenty of debris resting on the sidewalks waiting to be picked up, so hopefully this will happen before the leaves drop from the branches and start rotting.
No power in my house - but it could have been much worse
This piece of wood impaled itself into our lawnWhen I arrived home after work on Tuesday, the neighborhood looked like a war zone. Severals streets were closed down and several crews were working to cut up trees. Our house on the north side of the neighborhood had lost power (and would be without for 3 days). I found three large branches on the roof, but the gutters seemed to be the only damaged parts of the house. There was some mad shuffling to get refrigerated goods into our neighbors' homes, but other than that it was just a quiet few days reading by candlelight until power was restored.
This poor tree was all but ready to fall overThe next day I explored a little more of the neighborhood. Our neighbors to the east lost their garage. Near South Aububon circle the Victorian Gothic house lost their porch (but could have lost much more). The circle itself lost a huge tree that crushed a car. On the east intersection an enormous forked tree split all the way to the ground.
A large tree on the circle causing mayhem in the streets
Bad luck
The heavy winds split the tree trunk
If you enlarge you can see where the tree bounced off of the tower...
... and landed on top of the porchThe city definitely helped restore the streets and clear debris, I was quite pleased with their reaction. There is still plenty of debris resting on the sidewalks waiting to be picked up, so hopefully this will happen before the leaves drop from the branches and start rotting.
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posted by Graeme at
7:30 AM
2 Comments:
Interesting to see some photos of the aftermath of the storm from a more urban perspective. I was out in the 'burbs and didn't get to the city for a few days afterward; roads and lawns were flooded enough down here. How are things looking now, almost two weeks later, in terms of debris and branches cleared from the streets and sidewalks?
All of the large branches and trees have been cleaned up, but the smaller debris is getting picked up with the regular household trash. Looks like that should be all gone by Tuesday.
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