NorthHollywood, California
In what was to be the storm of the century, a tree was felled in the early morning hours on a quiet sub-more-urban street. When only streetwalkers and the homeless are seeking shelter, and the wanton depraved acts of todays youth are laid to bare we find nature unleashing its fury upon the cars of the innocent-not-so-middle class.Upon waking this morning in a desperate dash for nicotine my father was 
caught unawares, by the scene before him. The truck entwined in the mighty epoch of the nicholas nicoli. His mirror smashed to bits and dents of the trees journey now irrovacably branded upon the car. Humanity! When his wife of 36 years was interviewed, she shrugged her shoulders and said, "We didn't hear a thing." And when asked in a fit of frustration by her husband, how he was to get out, she said, "Dave, just put it in reverse." The audience will be happy to note, he did just that and was able to continue on his journey for cigarettes ubabated.
caught unawares, by the scene before him. The truck entwined in the mighty epoch of the nicholas nicoli. His mirror smashed to bits and dents of the trees journey now irrovacably branded upon the car. Humanity! When his wife of 36 years was interviewed, she shrugged her shoulders and said, "We didn't hear a thing." And when asked in a fit of frustration by her husband, how he was to get out, she said, "Dave, just put it in reverse." The audience will be happy to note, he did just that and was able to continue on his journey for cigarettes ubabated.
As dawn broke many cars attempted to pass the gauntlet of :felled tree, but some could not pass and had to turn back. The writer was aware how narrowly her own car escaped disaster, having fortuitously parked on the other side of the street, a rare but now opportune fluke. Of which she has had an ample run of lately. Later, she moved it more forward so that even larger cars could pass by the scene of devastation.
She surveyed the scene, taking pictures, and contemplating the fate of the tree, said, "T'would be a shame if the tree had to come down." The wife said, "Well it's significantly lightened its load." The writer nodded her head with universal understanding and aplomb for the future of both the tree and her life. The wife, as she shuffled her feet back into the house, called the city to have the wreckage removed, said "I want the firewood though. They'll have to give me that, if they give me anything."
4 comments:
That's so awesome.
Greatest post ever.
Clearly, danger was at every corner. Glad you avoided disaster.
And so that was Monday. Tuesday night they placed warning stands, but did not move or cut the branch. Wednesday they cut the branch into smaller pieces and piled the future fire wood or chippings in 1 1/2 parking spaces in front of the house, or laid at the feet of the mother tree who lost a branch. There must be a lot of trees down in L.A. That was some storm. snicker.
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