Crazy weather in The Dash
Lastnight there was a crazy, freakish storm in The Dash. Around dinnertime, a sudden storm popped up and caused madness and mayhem in about half of the city. Ardmore, which is a section with wonderful cute bungalows built in the 20s-40s near the hospital, and Buena Vista, which is the area where the landed gentry lived back in the heyday of tobacco and textiles in the same general timeframe, had a lot of wind damage, downed trees and power lines, you name it. It’s a shame, too, because both areas are so pretty and the trees are so old and gorgeous.
Our family had to run an errand lastnight and cut through BV, and we had to take at least 3 detours for downed trees and power lines. I have never seen so many firetrucks and police cars in one place. It was so strange.
When I got to work this morning, I could see that campus did not seem to be affected. MSD is closer to the NW part of the city, which seemed to come off relatively unscathed (I live about 3 miles away and all we got was a sprinkle, compared to the hail and wind the rest of the city took).
Many Deacs live in Ardmore and BV, so please send some positive thoughts their way that they are OK.