Storm Downs Tree Limbs, Knocks Out Power
Despite 70 mph winds, however, the damage was relatively limited, Joliet officials say.
The wind through Joliet may have been clocked at 70 mph at the height of this morning's brief but strong storm, but the damage was mostly limited to fallen tree limbs and power outages, city officials said. City Arborist Jim Teiber said city crews spent the most of the day cleaning up downed tree branches. "We didn't lose a lot of trees," he said. "But this storm hit us a lot harder (than the one at the end of June); we had some major limbs go down." The reason the city doesn't typically lose a lot of trees, even in storms that produce hurricane-strength wind, is because his crews spend a good deal of time thinning out tree canopies so the wind goes through the branches rather than hitting a solid block of dense foliage, Teiber said. That'…
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Karen J
7:58 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012
the mom was listening to REO speedwagon perform and the two girls went off to the canival part of the taste. i really dont think its the moms fault, but its not the ferris wheel managers fault because the storm did blow in pretty fast. more ›