More Storm Damage Photos from the Bolt Hole

Terry and I had intended to walk further up the road at the Bolt Hole to a couple of camps so we could take a peek at the storm damage from August 27 but when we woke up this morning it was raining and the forecast was for even more. We wanted to get back to the Aerie with the trailer in tow before dark so when a break in the rain occurred, we got everything hooked up and hit the road.

We drove in rain as far as Syracuse and then the weather improved as we drove south until you would hardly know there was any precipitation at all for the previous week. (In fact the Southern Tier of NY had some torrential rainfall just three days ago.) We made it safely back to the Aerie where I discovered we had gotten 1/10th of an inch of rain since we left Wednesday morning.

In looking over my picture files I came across some of the photos that Mark took on August 27 just after the mesocyclone struck the area.

Here is the large cherry that crashed into the gate at the Bolt Hole.

And here are the two smaller cherries that came down in front of the garage.

Mark’s property and right of way didn’t escape either. There were numerous trees that snapped off or were blown down. His power and phone lines were taken to the ground.

Looking down the driveway, you can see a few downed trees and several leaners that had to be cut down.

Several large trees were uprooted but, luckily, didn’t fall toward either Mark’s cabin or his driveway and power lines.

Looking along the power line from Mark’s cabin it is clear that the line is down.

You can see a fir tree that blew down across the power line.

I’ll be going back up tomorrow and will post some more pictures of the storm damage when I get to walk around a bit more.