August storm bullies through Alex

Eighty mph winds hit Alexandria last week. Trees were down everywhere, the cub reporter reports. Cedar and Douglas Streets on the city grid (where these photos were taken) were particularly hard hit - the tree that landed on the house was on Douglas (couldn't tell how much damage was done to the house). Jim Hafdal, on Lake Darling, had his pontoon lift, with the pontoon in it, completely flipped over. Geez. Maybe it is time to take one of those Betty Larson tours and get out of town for a while.

Sara Sevey, soon to be in town to host the annual Sevey Open at the Alexandria Golf Course, writes:

We lived at 13th and Cedar with the tallest fir tree in Alex. The people who bought the house from us cut down that tree and it's probably a good thing that they did.
See you soon,
Sara