Pizzaguy
Member
I had a blast this weekend, one of the tornadoes went thru FDR park. I spent the weekend (well, I DID make it to church yesterday) walking the park and looking at damage. I ended up walking thru the woods mapping with my GPS, the channel of damage. I only walked about 9 miles on two days, but some of it was the ROUGHEST I've ever done. I followed 1/2 mile of the Pine Mountain Trail that normally takes 10 minutes, it took me almost 75 minutes - I fell twice and had to climb over piles of trees at some points.
I was bleeding and filthy, when I emerged onto the road, one couple going thru (mind you, this is three days after the storm) thought I was just NOW coming out - and that I'd been in there during the storm!
The trail association had cleared about 1/2 mile of trails by last night - they have about 2 to 3 more miles to clear. I'll be returning NEXT weekend with my chain saw to help out.
It is amazing the power of these storms, HUNDREDS of trees up to 2 1/2 feet in diameter were twisted off about 20 - 40 feet above ground. I saw several trees pulled out of the ground and carried, then dropped!
NOAA says it was an F3 to F4.
I have dozens of pictures, might post a few later this week. The statue of FDR was near a tree, the tree came down all around him, but did not hurt the statue. His old truck is in the woods, trees down all around it, but it was fine - it was about 200 feet outside the zone of total destruction as the storm passed.
I also got a closeup look at how the storm destroys things, and how terrain effects storm damage. The number of homes effected or destroyed is said to be over 600. This storm was on the ground for over 35 miles, and only two people died. It even hit the trailer park outside of Manchester, GA - again, I saw in FDR park, up close, how terrain can lessen the storm's effect. The trailer park was in just the right spot to protect the homes, on the slope of a hill on the "backside" as the storm approached. Many only lost siding or roofing... but across the road, some houses were almost totally destroyed because they were on a high ridge facing the coming vortex.
The power of nature to destroy nature is amazing. With the two storms that came near me, they were on the ground almost continually for some 70 miles. THOUSANDS of trees were twisted off or ripped out of the ground.
THINK of the energy, all driven by the heat of the sun!
I was bleeding and filthy, when I emerged onto the road, one couple going thru (mind you, this is three days after the storm) thought I was just NOW coming out - and that I'd been in there during the storm!
The trail association had cleared about 1/2 mile of trails by last night - they have about 2 to 3 more miles to clear. I'll be returning NEXT weekend with my chain saw to help out.
It is amazing the power of these storms, HUNDREDS of trees up to 2 1/2 feet in diameter were twisted off about 20 - 40 feet above ground. I saw several trees pulled out of the ground and carried, then dropped!
NOAA says it was an F3 to F4.
I have dozens of pictures, might post a few later this week. The statue of FDR was near a tree, the tree came down all around him, but did not hurt the statue. His old truck is in the woods, trees down all around it, but it was fine - it was about 200 feet outside the zone of total destruction as the storm passed.
I also got a closeup look at how the storm destroys things, and how terrain effects storm damage. The number of homes effected or destroyed is said to be over 600. This storm was on the ground for over 35 miles, and only two people died. It even hit the trailer park outside of Manchester, GA - again, I saw in FDR park, up close, how terrain can lessen the storm's effect. The trailer park was in just the right spot to protect the homes, on the slope of a hill on the "backside" as the storm approached. Many only lost siding or roofing... but across the road, some houses were almost totally destroyed because they were on a high ridge facing the coming vortex.
The power of nature to destroy nature is amazing. With the two storms that came near me, they were on the ground almost continually for some 70 miles. THOUSANDS of trees were twisted off or ripped out of the ground.
THINK of the energy, all driven by the heat of the sun!