Oops. Reminds me of this one I've shown before.

Don't prop your bike on a tree just before a storm.

Yeah, I heard areas of MI had massive storms. 2nd pic looks a bit like a white pine.

If trees had fallen on a jailhouse, then it'd be the jailhouse blues......

Gives a whole new meaning to ”breaking wind”.

tj

Dang! Behold the power of nature

It was a nasty storm. Tonight we’re in Grand Rapids and the hotel parking lot is filled with electrical utility trucks. We’ll be visiting Meijer Gardens tomorrow, and it should be interesting to see how it fared.

Ben, you are right about the white pine. The tree on the outhouse is a red oak.

' We’ll be visiting Meijer Gardens tomorrow '

I see some new plantings in your future, maackia, ;-)

We were spared any significant tree damage from the most recent storms at my location (other than some localized flooding), but for the summer as a whole we've seen a greater than average amount of storm damage. And it's probably been the wettest month of August I can remember; it seems like the soils are pretty well saturated in many parts of southern Michigan.

The significant losses at the Nichols Arboretum are most unfortunate. The Director of Matthaei BG/Nichols Arboretum sent out an email update just this afternoon, "The storm's damage was profound, resulting in many fallen trees, debris scattered throughout the property, and structural damage to various sections of the arboretum. The intense winds exacted a heavy toll, leading to the loss of nearly a hundred full-grown trees. These towering sentinels, which have graced our landscape for decades, have left a void that is deeply felt and we mourn for their loss."

It’s painful to see that type of damage, especially seemingly healthy trees in their prime. We were at Hidden Lake Gardens today, which is about an hour from Ann Arbor. Okay, you probably knew that. The damage was much less.

Bill, we visited Gee Farms this afternnon, so I’ll definitely be doing some late summer planting.