So, this morning, we got up early and hit the road, looking to get a better look at what damage the storm had wrought. Remember the tree that came down and caused the fire on 90th Street? Here it is. Con Edison had the area blocked off, and rightfully so.
Here's the reverse view, looking North, towards the park. Looks like at least 3 telephone poles that it ripped down. And here are a few more views from 86th Road (where the puddle was the day before.) At right are the wires that were on fire, and below are some wires that fell to the ground. Here's something interesting -- the same street corner, 24 hours apart. It's like those quizzes -- take a look at two pictures and spot the differences :-)
Next we moved back to 86th Street. Wow, it looked far worse in the daytime.
And the close you got, the worse it looked. The neighbors were out and they revealed that the driver of this car had just gotten out of this vehicle around 90 seconds before this happened. Our lives are indeed very fragile, aren't they? Able to be snatched away at any given moment by something horrible like this. The car across the street didn't fare much better. The driver of that car had just recently parked it, a few minutes before the crash. We really averted a tragedy in Woodhaven last night. Something like this does make you think -- but there's also a tendency to whistle past the graveyard and laugh about how lucky you were. It's the only way to deal with it. It might be a while before the people in this house get themselves out to inspect the damage. The branches and wires make the windows appear crooked, don't they? Great, just what these folks need to deal with on top of this mess -- optical illusions! Before we went home, we drove through the park -- and saw this blocking the road. Cars were able to swerve around it, driving on the sidewalk to get past. But that looked like a nasty break. I wonder how old this tree was. And how many of Woodhaven's residents strolled past it over the years without giving it a second glance. It stood just outside the golf course, a stone's throw from the bandshell. We ran our hands over some of the upper limbs -- it had probably been decades since any human hands had touched that part of the tree. Finally, we took this panorama view of the fallen tree -- that's quite a shot. Click here to see the super-sized version of this picture! As far as we know, there were no major injuries last night -- and we are grateful for that. 
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