While the vision of large tree trunks fully uprooted is dramatic, the scope of damage to the branches and leaves across the woods is equally sobering.

Another fallen tree. The root ball on this evergreen almost reaches ten feet high.

Most of the large trees that came down in the Oct. 30 storm in the woods across the road were evergreens: pines, firs, and spruces. Here, a good sized oak tree surrendered to the storm.

More views of the results of the recent wind storm (local gusts were reported as high as 50-60mph). About five days before the storm, we received about five inches of rain over three days. Our summer was one of the driest in many decades, at least, and this storm brought south-east winds instead of the usual nor’easter direction. All of these factors in combination have been suggested to explain the unusual damage from this storm.

Our survey of the hundred-acre wood (west) found numerous evergreen trees blown down, roots included. The wind storm on Oct. 29-30 swept through our neighborhood and blocked roads and knocked down numerous utility poles and cables.

The wind storm of Oct. 29-30, 2017, that swept through Maine will never be forgotten. In the woods near our house, pine and fir trees as big as ICBMs lay scattered like toothpicks.