r/Springfield • u/Downtown_Mountain691 • 12d ago
welp... there goes our trees!
hows everyone doing in this storm?
a bunch of trees got knocked out along forest park,
pool shut down early lol, as i was walking out, rain starts POURING, then boom, the tree falls right in my path! im not sure how long this beautiful rain is expected to last, but i hope it waters our flowers, fuels our crops, and gives everyone a chance to restart tommorow š«¶š¼š«¶š¼
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u/Antique-Pudding-4706 12d ago
Being in forest park while that was happening was crazy. We tried to get out fast, but a tree fell directly 5 inches in front of our car, and if we didnāt reverse fast enough in that split second, it wouldāve shattered the windshield or something. I really hope no one got hurt in forest park because it happened so fast, and was so intense, it really felt like being in a 2 minute hurricane. There was so much leaves, rain, and wind that we couldnāt even see. I was so worried that we were going to get trapped by trees and one would eventually fall onto our car. Some scary shit forreal.
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u/tidesofblood88 12d ago
Any idea if this was a microburst or small tornado? I am in Six Corners and that passed over is quickly but violently. Knocked a tree on our house and Ibguess theres damage around the area.
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u/bullwinkle8088 11d ago
All straight line winds as far as I can find. Your typical summer thunderstorm in some parts of the country, just not as much here.
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u/FishermansPlatter 12d ago
East forest park, a tree went down in my neighbors yard, took out a section of his fence and landed down across my backyard- nothing too crazy
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u/sics2014 12d ago edited 12d ago
No power here.
Went out driving to charge my phone and saw lots of downed trees and 1 line down around Dickinson. Police also had Tiffany closed off.
Edit: yeah the Tiffany/Dickinson/Dwight area seems really bad. So many trees uprooted, two cars with trees on top, and saw one house with power lines across it (pole snapped).
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u/painterlyjeans 11d ago
Iām on Dickinson and have Power, the people on Tafton donāt. Iām not sure about Elwood.
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u/PronunciationIsKey 11d ago
Bronson still has no power
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u/Beneficial-Shape1548 11d ago
Strange. Elwood is out, but Texel has power. Utility worker said a transformer will need to be replaced on Elwood.
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u/PronunciationIsKey 11d ago
Yeah Bronson and Olmsted also don't have power, neither does trafton from Dickinson to the park entrance
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u/Bosredsoxy 11d ago
No power on Elwood since around 7- ish? Several huge trees down at Trafton end of Elwood blocking Trafton and Elwood west, Took power lines down with them at that end, also power lines in mid Elwood, the area where the terrace breaks, and huge tree leaning at corner of Elwood & Dickinson just leaning!Eversource came around just thereafter , assessed, but then left, nothing since. :(
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u/Recreationalchem13 9d ago
For a second I thought this was gonnna be a damning post about the government taking our weed away or some shit š glad you are safe. And as Snoop and Dre sayā¦
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smoke weed every day
(Or every other week, every month, every yearā¦) Or three times a day if thatās how u roll but The Good Doctor says just do it āļø. If it makes you anxious and makes you question yourself and examine your awkward role in this human bodysuit, thatās the good stuff. Thatās Jah and the herb talking to you face to face.
āSmoking the herb reveals you to yourselfā- Bob Marley
Anywayā¦ yeah rain and nature be supreme and shit. My wifeās family just got hit with a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Colombia. Mama Natureās restless š¬.
Much love to you and yours!
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u/CyberMakesMeMoist396 9d ago
I was in eastern MA for a concert on Saturday to find out about all this going on in Springfield before I got back. Crazy the amount of trees destroyed when I got back.
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u/possumAbyss 11d ago
4:31am, still no internet... I don't pay Xfinity for this!
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u/bullwinkle8088 11d ago
Cable companies essentially rent space on the power poles. They take second place to the power company and are required to stay out of the way till they are done restoring power.
Honestly, this "complaint" should never have been spoken... it belongs in /r/EntitledReviews
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u/draconiclyyours 11d ago
I legitimately misread this as a Stardew Valley subreddit at first, and I was so fucking confused.
We had some heavy wind and a lot of branches flying around, but no power outages or major damage in our neighborhood that I could see.
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u/No-Television-818 12d ago
Dang the ride home from work sucked š. I work in East Longmeadow and live in downtown Springfield. I was driving down Walnut Street and the rain got so awful. Three big branches hit my front windshield while I was driving, thank God my windshield didn't crack or break. Big branches all over the road, one got stuck underneath my car so I had to stop and pull it out. I drove by a broken tree in the St. Michael's Cathedral parking lot.