Mother Nature

She did not spare our little town of Del Ray on Thursday.  Around 4 pm the sky turned black, the wind picked up,  lightning and thunder moved in and the rain came.  I was at work in the city and had no idea of the damage this storm that lasted about one hour until it was time to go home. 
The commute was two hours and usually it takes about 45 minutes!

By the time I was walking through my neighborhood it was close to 8pm and it was very clear to me that this was serious.   All of the traffic lights were out and many many power lines were down.  This tree is right next to our building and pulled down the power lines knocking out our electricity.  Many of the neighborhood streets were closed due to electricity poles down with transformers smashed in the street.  A neighbor told me that the wind was clocked at 75 mph!  We finally have power again.  It is really sad to see all these beautiful old trees die.  Later in the evening we picked up Rachel C. from the train and saw another tree on top of a car!  I honestly think there were a few little twisters for all of the damage that was done.
It was a hot night in the apartment! 

Poor Rachel, a hot night and a morning with no straightener!