‘It was like a bomb went off’: Central Park left devastated by snow storm with worst damage for 27 years as fears East Coast blackout could last a WEEK
Reposted from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2055535/US-snowstorm-New-Yorks-Central-Park-damaged-East-Coast-blackout-continues.html
October 31, 2011 @ 9:46 am
As many as 1,000 trees were destroyed by the snow storm in Central Park it was revealed as three million homes without electricity were warned the blackout could last for a week.
Park officials said that the unprecedented damage spread across half of the park's 840 acres was the worst they had seen in 27 years after a record 2.9 inches of snow fell on Saturday.