Tornado?

Weather has been unusual this summer, including what the papers called a "violent storm" a couple of days ago. Amir's friends dropping over to the house shortly after the storm cleared described the devastation in the Sixteen Acres section of the city as a "tornado": snapped and uprooted trees everywhere. Close to 20,000 people lost power. Police Lt. Cheryl Clapprood was urging people to stay home because of so many downed electrical wires. She described the city as looking "like a war zone." Mayor Ryan estimates the cleanup cost to the city at a million dollars, maybe more, which he doubts he'll be able to recoup from state or federal agencies.

Here's a tree that the city hadn't gotten around to, spotted today on Parker Street. Fortunately, the Emory House and its surrounding flora were spared.