The high winds of a Summer thunderstorm hammered the north shore of Lake Sequoia Tuesday afternoon, July 24, knocking down two-dozen or more trees and damaging at least four homes.
Firetree Lane resident Dennis Mueller told The Times that the impact centered on Pinewood Court, a peninsula that juts out into the lake, with Fawn Court and Lakeview Point also seeing some damage. Mueller provided these photos.
Firetree was blocked by downed trees near Running Brook and at Pinewood Court, leaving the area impassable for approximately thirty minutes, until Seven Lakes Landowners Association [SLLA] maintenance crews cleared the road.
SLLA President Bob Darr, who watched the storm from his home on Pinecone Court, told The Times the winds came in from the west and were particularly fierce on the north shore of Sequoia.
Tree companies were on scene Wednesday clearing trees from yards and removing trees from roofs. Darr said SLLA maintenance crews would be clearing debris from right-of-ways in the area.
