Plague of Locusts

[hwango]

...well, plague of fallen locust tree branches, anyway. We had the most adorable miniature apocalypse here today, with ridiculously high winds and some very enthusiastic lightning and thunder. One of the locust trees decided to celebrate by throwing a rather large branch at my car. What with the rain and lightning, we didn't go outside long enough to get it off the car, but we did make an exploratory venture out when the lightning appeared to subside for a bit to take a look at things. The car doesn't appear to have suffered any actual damage. Won't know for sure until we take a look in the daylight, though.

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[magnetophyte.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the club. =)
We got hit on Tuesday, and lost two trees and one tree-sized limb. I could have sworn those winds were hurricane-force (they looked much the same as what I've seen in Florida).

[hwango.livejournal.com]

I gather it was the sudden changes in wind direction that made all of the locust branches snap. There are pieces of them scattered all over the place. At least we didn't lose power or have one hit the house, though, and the dent in my car isn't very big.