Northwood News ♦ October 2010
Photos from the Neighborhood After the Storm
By Jacquie Bokow
The photos below are from the “derecho” storm that his our neighborhood on 12 August 2010. Click on any of the photos for a closer look.
Power lines sag to the ground at the intersection of Belton Road and Ordway Drive, right. Notice the bent utility pole.
At the top of Cavalier Drive, shown at left, warning tape went up after drivers kept traveling under the suspended tree limb.
Eisner Drive, a main artery in and out of the neighborhood, was completely blocked by a downed tree, right.
One of the more spectacular scenes occurred on Belton Road, left. This large tree fell over into the large side yard, completely missing the house and exposing its roots. The power lines were pulled down, breaking the utility pole, the top half of which was held next to the base by the still-attached wires. This pole had not been repaired as of the end of September.
Large limbs filled a driveway on Eastwood Avenue, shown at right, missing the car parked on the street.
A broken tree on Belton Road, left, was held up by its branches and a neighbor’s fence.
Views (at left and right) of the Northwest Branch Trail on either side of the bridge off the
Lockridge Road trailhead show massive damage and a path virtually impassable.
