Freak weather event at Stony Brook - mark of a climate that is undeniably changing

This week has been particularly eventful at the Corthals-Dávalos lab, following a freak storm unleashing winds up to 90 mph *just shy of a cat. 2 hurricane*.

The result? See below:

Ain't got no driveway...

Fire department on the job

The streets after the storm

Hail still there the next morning...

The little grill that could (survive a storm, despite the giant oak falling but a mere 5 inches from it)

Large, beautiful oak - now fallen

Utilities ripped

Beautiful white pine, healthy but now fallen, snapped like a matchstick - one of four beautiful fallen trees