Elisabeth Waugaman of Potomac lost three trees to June 29 storm and another was “just about totally beheaded but still stands shorn and forlorn.” A crane (series of photos above) removed the locust that split from top to bottom in front of the house. She writes: “Miraculously (yes, really) the house survived. The amazing thing was that because of the force of the wind and the lightning going on and off like a 3 year old playing with a light switch, we couldn't hear or see anything that was happening in our yard (fortunately). We were in the basement in case a tree did fall on the house. The half of the tall locust in the front of the house fell at a crazy angle which kept it from hitting the neighbor's large maple (which would have fractured because its wired to hold it together) and kept it from hitting our house except for the corner of the garage which has very slight damage. It wedged into a tiny space between our two houses. I think the chances of that were pretty small considering the height of the tree and the fact it was leaning in a different direction from the direction it fell.”
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