(photo by Bob: 2006-07-17 - explore)
After the Storm
About an hour after the storm had passed.
A little before 7:00 pm on Monday evening, a line of violent thunderstorms passed through the local area. This was part of a front that did extensive damage throughout north-eastern Ontario and was responsible for at least one death. Power outages were widespread. As I write this, 42 hours after the event, many of our neighbours -- and even my mother in downtown Deep River -- are still without power.
Many of the large old white pines of the area succumbed to the storm. The white pines at Centennial Rock on the Deep River Waterfront have long served as an icon of the town. Twenty-five years ago, there were six stately white pines there. In the intervening years, disease and lightning have reduced the number of remaining trees to two. On Monday evening, the leftmost tree lost its top half, to become the shorter of the two. My guess is that the the long term prognosis for these two trees is bleak.
While there was much more extensive damage elsewhere in Deep River, I chose not to document it here.