100-Foot Tree Cuts NW Charlotte Neighborhood in Half
The owner of the house next to the trees says he was fixing up his car - now crushed in his driveway - mere minutes before the storm hit.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Neighbors say it was all over in an instant – but the damage will take days, if not weeks, to clean up.
Just before 3:30 this Wednesday afternoon, radar-estimated winds approaching 70 mph ripped through northwest Charlotte, bringing down a massive 100-foot tree over Rowan Street. No one was hurt, but the road is all but impassable.
The owner of the house next to the tree did not want to talk on-camera, but said heβs thankful to be alive. He was fixing up his car, now crushed in his driveway, mere minutes before the storm hit.
βEh, thatβs scary. Iβm glad I wasnβt under there,” saysΒ 10-year resident Mike Henry, who lives on the other side of the felled tree. He was almost home when he saw the biggest tree on the block tip over.
βIβm driving at 1500 Dodge Ram and itβs pushing my truck,” says Henry. “So I said, βOh my goodness, we have to get home.β Then, as I got right here, you couldnβt really see it. You just see something flow sideways, and I said, βIs that a tree?β A tree actually came down and someoneβs car is in there.β
Heβs glad no one is hurt, but he says this storm will be one heβll never forget.
βIβve heard of worse, but this is the closest Iβve been… Iβve never seen anything like that.β
