Thursday, July 15, 2010

Whirlwind

Yesterday, this region of the Netherlands was hit by a 'windhoos' (whirlwind) and heavy rains. Here, it lasted a full 10 minutes, but still it did quite some damage to trees and bushes. Further east, the winds were even stronger and did much more damage. Even though it didn't last very long, it was a bit reminiscent of Taiwan :-)

A big branch blocked traffic in our street for half an hour; the fire department was at the scene within 10 minutes after it fell!
This tree fell out of someone's yard and onto a walking path; the owner counted himself happy that the tree didn't fall the other way

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