Doug’s World

Wind Damage

Some of the scenes around town after last week’s windstorm have reminded me of the Katrina damage we saw in Mississippi last year: huge trees uprooted, buildings caved in, cars up-ended, that kind of stuff. But most of the worst damage I’ve seen was out around Duvall when I took a drive with Drinkboy to check on his construction project earlier this week, and I didn’t have my camera with me.

Then this morning we went over to our favorite breakfast spot, Susan’s 5100, and right there across the street is a house with a big tree that fell during the storm, tearing up their front yard, blocking their walkway (I missed the shot of an old man scrambling over the trunk to get into the house), and crushing their safe and sturdy Volvo parked out front. That block’s still closed a week after the storm, waiting on getting the tree cleared — it’s a great time to own a pickup truck and a chainsaw in the Seattle area, there’s way more tree-clearing work than the usual suspects can keep up with.

Astute observers will note that the photo on the right was not taken with a wide-angle lens. That’s the first telephoto shot I’ve posted since early October, when I broke my 18-200 lens and sent it to Nikon for repair. It was finally returned from the factory this week. Things are falling into place for a great Christmas. Now just have to find a present for the wife …

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