Breaking point: Winds estimated at 75mph or more
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Park Street lost a utility pole.PHOTO BY CHARLES WERNER
The June 3 microburst snapped trees and utility poles all over town.
James E. Lee at the National Weather Service estimates winds were a minimum of 75mph, based on photos of downed trees and poles.
Winds between 76 and 118mph are enough to uproot hardwood trees, so the toppled trees up Lee’s estimate to 90mph.
Updated 3:35pm. Originally titled: Snap o’ the day: Snap o’ the powerline
I cant drive!..55!!!!
Extreme weather: Get used to it. Darn Al Gore to heck….
First there was the Snowpocolypse. Then there was Snowmageddon. Then………The June 3rd Microburst!
“Cheney cancels a provision of a law and prevents flow restrictors from being required. BP officials ignore concerns of engineers that the emergency shutoff valve is damaged. BP racked up 750 safety violations in 3 years. As a foreign flagged platform, BP gets 18 hours of inspection a year vs. 3 weeks for a US flagged platform.”
Blame it on Bush, blame it on Cheney……Blame the Vesuvius eruption on Bush, blame the Viet Nam War on Bush………
Here is the deal- Ramalamdingdong knows everything, so he should have known that nothing was in place with BP- remember, he is the smartest person in the World- so let’s start hearing him accept the blame for something- or let’s fire him!
youve gotta love how the side street appears to be blocked off, however park street with the live power pole hanging above it was not blocked off. tisk tisk tisk..