Sunday, August 23, 2009

Natural Disaster in Central Park after Dark!


Central Park; a breath of fresh air for a city filled with sky scrappers, smog, and pedestrian congestion has tree debris's everywhere. Although the damage is minuscule compared to most natural disasters during hurricane season, the park looks terrible. American Elms, and Tulip Trees were completely ripped out of the ground similar to broken lead tips on a perfectly sharpened number 2 pencil. Wind speed went up to 70mps and the tropic like storm lasted 30 minutes. Early this month a man, Sasha J. Blair-Goldensohn, 33 was hit in the head with a falling branch in central park. That incident seems to foreshadow the latest tree wreckage last Tuesday. In this short amount of time the park has been transformed. Hundreds of trees around the city has fallen or snapped branches. The city plans to create mulch out of trees that are too damaged to repair. Weekend runners were stunned to discover the park makeover. Central Park is NYC's backyard. A place where couples and families discover little nooks for one's own outdoor time. Central Park is not completely destroyed, but it did take a major fall.