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A tree falls in Falmouth
by Scott Gilbreath ~ November 17th, 2008
The Maritimes were hit hard by a wind storm yesterday afternoon and evening. Wind howled and lashed rain against our house for hours into the night. Late in the evening, we noticed a tree that formerly stood next to our property line had blown right over.
Here is the scene this morning.
This photo of the same scene was taken on 9 September when we moved into the house.
Our power flickered twice while I was trying to blog yesterday afternoon; then, around 4:30 pm, the lights went out for about an hour.
The wind also brought very warm temperatures, almost breaking record highs recorded in 2006. Yesterday’s high in Halifax was 16°C.
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November 17th, 2008 at 04:12 PM
Yesterday in the See of Pisiquid my digital thermometer saw the temp rise to 19.8 C. with a dew point of 17, up four degrees from over night. The day before the temp was slightly higher than that. I mowed the lawn in a t-shirt on Friday… But alas the cold front went through mid afternoon taking down your unheathy red spruce as well as a huge lilac branch in my back yard. But the snows will be coming…
November 17th, 2008 at 05:14 PM
I must say the tree did not look very healthy on September 9, no wonder it got clobbered.
November 17th, 2008 at 07:06 PM
Very true, terrence. We had four or five trees chopped down and hauled away because they were dead. The tree that fell yesterday was left standing because it was a good distance from our house and leaning away from it.