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Pasadena Wind Storm Damage

Posted on | December 2, 2011 | 6 Comments

Pasadena Wind Storm Damage - Fallen Tree on Power Line

Pasadena Wind Storm Damage - Fallen Tree on Power Line

Pasadena made the headlines this past week due to the biggest windstorm to hit Southern California in 35 years. Pasadena and Altadena were the hardest hit cities in the region, and the neighborhood where I live had some of the worst windstorm damage. The news reported that Pasadena had winds reach up to 97 mph.

Pasadena Wind Storm - Fallen Tree on Property

Pasadena Wind Storm - Fallen Tree on Property

I took a stroll around the neighborhood today to survey the damage and while it looks better now than it did yesterday, there is a lot of cleanup to do. I lost power on Wednesday night and didn’t get it back until sometime late yesterday, my water heater also went out but my house had no serious damage other than a downed power line in front of the house, roof shingles scattered all over the property and tree parts everywhere. My neighbors on the other hand had trees topple over onto their houses, broken fences and one had their porch get destroyed.

It was a scary night. I’ve lived in neighborhoods that have been hit with tornados and experienced some crazy storms before but none like this. At one point, I went out to chat with my neighbors during the windstorm and was blown into my car as I was walking back to the house. This went on for many hours and was so loud that I had to sleep on my couch in the living room instead of the bedroom because it was the least noisiest room in my house, and the room least likely to get crushed by an oak tree if it were to fall.

Pasadena Wind Storm Damage - Debris on Street

Pasadena Wind Storm Damage - Debris on Street

My grandma lives about 10 blocks away in the Bungalow Heaven district so I went over there to check up on her yesterday morning and luckily her neighborhood had less damage than mine though one tree made a power line fall onto a neighbor’s house. Pretty serious issue but I don’t think anyone over there had property damage at least.

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6 Responses to “Pasadena Wind Storm Damage”

  1. Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images
    December 3rd, 2011 @ 4:28 am

    Good on your for getting out there with your camera, Richard. Glad you came out mostly unscathed.

  2. Richard Wong
    December 3rd, 2011 @ 5:22 pm

    Thanks Gary. It took a few hours of cleaning this morning but it looks like the wind is picking up again right now…

  3. Steve Sieren
    December 3rd, 2011 @ 9:22 pm

    I think you did a much better job then the evening news did in only 3 photographs. I hope they think around all those trees and power lines in the reconstruction of them.

  4. Richard Wong
    December 4th, 2011 @ 5:18 pm

    Thanks Steve. The tree in the first photo is still being supported by the line so hopefully that is taken care of though i think that should have already been handled because there was a tree in the middle of the street right in front of it that they sawed up and discarded so they should have done this tree while they were there.

  5. David Leland Hyde
    December 6th, 2011 @ 3:54 am

    Great images–very graphic. What a crazy storm. I had no idea. Glad you are OK and did not suffer damage.

  6. Richard Wong
    December 6th, 2011 @ 5:58 pm

    Thanks David. Aside from six pieces of roof shingle, I’m good. The cleanup crews were on my street this morning though I’m curious to see what happens to that tree in the first image. I can see it from my living room.

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