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Title: serious storm in Holland
Post by: Frank Fremerey on July 27, 2015, 06:42:19

After seeing the broken umbrellas in Fons' shots I noticed I
took a lot of these too. But. Look at these:

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: HCS on July 27, 2015, 11:09:33

Yep, worst storm in 100 years (mainly in the coastal area).

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: Jan Anne on July 27, 2015, 13:24:21

Quote from: HCS on July 27, 2015, 11:09:33

Yep, worst storm in 100 years (mainly in the coastal area).

That explains why my car felt a little nervous on the highway.

Also a lot of broken off branches on the road, even on the highway a branch just flew by :o

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: chris dees on July 27, 2015, 16:46:08

A quick snap with my iPhone this morning.

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: Mike G on July 27, 2015, 17:16:19

Hopefully that's not your house?

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: chris dees on July 27, 2015, 19:09:14

Quote from: Mike G on July 27, 2015, 17:16:19

Hopefully that's not your house?

Thanks, no it isn't. 
A few Miles on my way to work.

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: John Geerts on July 27, 2015, 19:51:39

Cutting away the roots of the tree to construct that road didn't help the stability...

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: Akira on July 27, 2015, 20:13:32

These are bizarre and surreal.  Hope there were no human damages...

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: Mike G on July 27, 2015, 20:44:30

Picking up on what John said all the trees seem to have very  shallow root systems!

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: chris dees on July 27, 2015, 20:58:34

We normally don't have these kind of storms in Summer.
All the trees are full of leaves and are top heavy.
In Autumn when the trees are without leaves we every now and then have these kind of storms.

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: John Geerts on July 27, 2015, 21:18:11

The storm was very exceptional indeed. But disregarding the tree's original root-system during all kind of road-constructions plays an important role in the heath and stability of the tree.

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: Frank Fremerey on July 27, 2015, 22:34:25

no more pictures?

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: Gary on July 29, 2015, 16:07:15

They don't make trees like they used to.

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: Frank Fremerey on July 29, 2015, 16:18:52

This morning we went to a children's zoo. It was closed  due to lots of trees felled broken or unstable.

Gary. The modern winds are stronger than they used to be and are expected to become even stronger.
Quite possibly we could do a lot of good by reintroducing beavers elephants and Rhinos to England and the like.

We could do a lot of good by greening the deserts instead of deserting the greens too.

It would make the landscapes better for taking photos too.

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: Frank Fremerey on July 29, 2015, 16:24:12

Fallen trees everywhere

Title: Re: serious storm in Holland
Post by: rosko on August 04, 2015, 00:23:35

The pine forest called ''Landes'' in the south west of France was devastated twice in one decade,

That never happened before.

Some  forest owners don't dare to replant pine any more...

I agree with Frank : climate will getting worse until the end of a cycle, but nobody knows when. :-\