28 September 2017

The power of hurricane-force winds


Although, to be honest, that's probably a palm tree and palms have wood that has evolved to be soft and flexible rather than sturdy.  Still it's a reminder of why weathermen shouldn't stand outdoors for their photo-op reports.

via imgur

4 comments:

  1. GingerSeptember 29, 2017 at 8:56 PM

    Yikes! Made me wince to see this. It makes a powerful statement, doesn't it!

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  2. UnknownSeptember 30, 2017 at 9:42 AM

    palm trees are acutally a type of grass

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  3. AnonymousOctober 1, 2017 at 1:37 PM

    that reminds me of my golden book encyclopedia entry for 'tornado', with the straw driven into a tree illustration.

    I-)

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  4. David B.October 1, 2017 at 4:41 PM

    I suspect this was tornado activity within the hurricane. Tornadoes did a lot of the damage in the Florida Keys during Irma.

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