Saw this blue spruce blown over in front of a home on the Salt Lake City street where I grew up:

Sep 9, 2020
9:33:19pm

Brisco All-American

The tree was planted when I was a kid. Its upended roots cover the right side of the large window. Props to the EQ men who showed up with their chain saws to cut and haul away this tree and another just like it across the street.

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Some photos of my neighborhood to give an idea of the size of the trees and the

777

9/9/20 9:01pm

Looks like hurricane damage.

BYUtka

9/9/20 9:04pm

What town?

Zenoch

9/9/20 9:04pm

East SLC

777

9/9/20 9:05pm

I drove around SLC yesterday afternoon and evening. The amount of large and

So it goes...

9/9/20 9:08pm

A lot of them are trees that have been there for many decades

LifelongAP

9/9/20 9:16pm

SingleStrapBackpack

9/9/20 9:17pm

Those trees weren’t blown over but were pushed down from beneath

scottpete

9/9/20 9:21pm

Was it a Derecho?

tjngirlz

9/9/20 9:24pm

Those are massive. We lost 9 trees but none that big.

dadofkhec

9/9/20 9:31pm

Saw this blue spruce blown over in front of a home on the Salt Lake City street where I grew up:

Brisco

9/9/20 9:33pm

Several of these down in Sugarhouse park.

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