Power pole snapped in two directly across from our mailbox on FM 4.
Blurry pic of the transformer a little further down the road. It later exploded and caught on fire briefly.
First day of work replacing downed double-power poles. Later
at least one of many more trucks got stuck in the mud
and had to be towed out by a huge bulldozer.
Work has been completed. This is the remnants of one pair of the original double power poles.
All of the following tree damage occurred in about a 5-acre
area, along the path where the neighbor said he saw the funnel.
I counted approximately 17 post oak trees that had major damage.
I would guess the average age of these trees to be 65 years,
although this particular oak was closer to 100 years old however.
They may look smaller in photos but they are HUGE.
One of the smaller trees damaged.
Here is some steel debris. A dairy farmer leases this pasture
from us and runs about 40 head of dairy cows on it.
Miraculously ALL of the dairy cows were on the other side of the
thicket on the left when the storm hit and were unharmed.
Near the town of RioVista, however, several cattle were fatally
injured and at least two horses had to be put down.
This one of the tallest and oldest oak tree destroyed by the winds.
I think these are two trees uprooted together.
This tree is basically destroyed and will have to be cut down.
Closeup of headless tree. No other tree on this page has been
shown twice. I can't imagine the noise that the
snapping and destruction of these trees created in probably just
a minute or two. We later drove on some county
roads behind our property and saw much of the same destruction.
And the day immediately following the storm, I
drove down Highway 916 to Rio Vista and saw several houses that
were completely levelled as well as many more
damaged.