Last night’s pop-up storm was quite a doozy, huh?

Teresa sends in this pic and writes that this tree took down power lines last night and that the neighborhood was without power from 12a-7a this morning.

Wondering where Maediris and Harold Bryd are located?  HERE!

 

Cromwell sends in this pic of a tree down at the edge of the Adair Park Dog Park this morning.

UPDATE III: According to Andisheh, power is still out north of Ponce all the way up to Thinking Man.

UPDATE II: As of 7:30p they were beginning to cut up the tree.  New – and better! – pic above from Jason.

UPDATE: I’ve confirmed that the tree down across Ponce is indeed the one added to the Georgia Urban Forest Council’s Landmark and Historic Tree register last year.  I couldn’t get a good shot of it, but it is completely hollow on the inside.

It’s a massive tree – my new pic above doesn’t do it justice.  It’s going to be a while before Ponce reopens.

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Mark sends in a pic from the patio of Dancing Goats and reports that as storms made their way through Decatur 30 minutes ago, a tree feel across West Ponce de Leon Ave near the Post Office, just past the five-way intersection with Nelson Ferry Road.  He reports that a police car was passing the scene right as the tree was fell, so the response time by DPD and the Fire Dept was nearly instantaneous.

I haven’t seen it yet, but by his account, the down tree sounds like the one that Neil Norton got placed on the Georgia Urban Forest Council’s Landmark and Historic Tree Register late last year.  If so, it’s not only a big mess for the community, but a sad event.

Here’s the Google Streetview of that cluster of trees.

 

Trish sends in this pic and writes in…

This tree is located (near) the intersection of Kings Hwy and Ansley Street. This picture was taken at 6:30am, so traffic to surrounding schools WILL be affected.

The tree fell almost exactly at 12 AM Tuesday morning. Husband heard the crack and knew that it must be one of the several old oak trees that line the adjacent property at the intersection (above). The entire tree fell!