Owe JessenJul 5, 2023
Robert Lemke

In the Netherlands, the trees were leaned against the houses to prevent them from falling down during the storm.

#Poly #storm

Photo credits: Storm damage in Harlem by Pieter Perquin

PS: Because I was asked a lot: No, they didn't really do that on purpose, but I was making a little fun about it because it looks as if they did ...

Jul 5, 2023 at 10:00amWeb
Show threadembixJul 5, 2023
@robert The nursery school teacher ordered a nap.
Show threadRübennaseJul 5, 2023
@robert Absolutely smart.....
Show threadrag. Gustavino BevilacquaJul 5, 2023

@robert

Do you mean they were intentionally uprooted to avoid a traumatic crash?

I hope they can be repositioned without too many damages!

Show threadKorallenherzJul 5, 2023
@robert missing photo-credits
Show threadRobert LemkeJul 5, 2023
@Korallenherz I now found out the original photo credit (thanks @HannahCelsius) and updated my original post.
Show threadKorallenherzJul 5, 2023
@robert @[email protected] thx :)
Show threadGondoliereJul 5, 2023
@robert Heureka!!!
Show threadmsgbiJul 5, 2023
@robert @charles_ex
Show threadDilman DilaJul 5, 2023
@robert Will they re-root the trees after the storm passes?
Show threadRon RevogJul 5, 2023
@robert
🎶 "Lean on me" 🎵
Show threadChristian Pietsch (old acct.)Jul 5, 2023
@robert Flachwurzler, ey.
Show threadsheislaurenceJul 5, 2023
@robert I think "sarcasm" so-called humor really doesn't help when there is no context and real distress. 99% of people who read this post don't live in #NL & therefore don't have the news you do. Finding comments much fun? A much more useful, supportive take is this post, & link to the newspaper article https://sunny.garden/@HannahCelsius/110660780423825446
Hannah Celsius (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Omg, a row of trees have fallen in one street. And... the house on the far left is the one i lived in when i was a child, i guess there's one branch now in my room. This is very weird. #Haarlem #Poly #storm (edit: not my photo but by Pieter Perquin for NOS https://nos.nl/liveblog/2481528-vrouw-in-haarlem-overleden-door-boom-op-auto-zwaarste-zomerstorm-ooit-gemeten)

Sunny Garden
Show threadRoss of OttawaJul 5, 2023
@robert keeps the roofs from blowing away as well.
Show threadBraw ☕🏳️‍🌈Jul 5, 2023
@robert how the saying goes, ‘there's infrastructure, and then there's Dutch infrastructure’?
Show threadSpielplatzPrüfJul 5, 2023
@robert Selbstgemachte Leiden. Wenn man den Wurzeln zuwenig Freiraum bietet, den Boden zu stark versiegelt bieten sie zuwenig Halt. Kommt dann noch wochenlange Trockenheit hinzu und folgt dann ein Orkan. Folgt das. Vom Menschen gemachte Probleme. Der Klimawandel hat uns im Griff. Und CDU und FDP begreifen es nicht. Faktenignoranten. Die Haftpflichtversicherungen werden uns davongaloppieren.
Show threadMatt SteinglassJul 5, 2023
@robert Wat een ramp zeg. Kwam dit vandaag in Hasrlem tegen
Show threadcatraxx Jul 5, 2023
@robert Good grief.
Show threadUrsuUrsula 🎶🎵🎶Jul 5, 2023

@robert

❤

Show threadAdoxographyJul 5, 2023
@robert Ha! That's in my town, and I bike past there often. It was quite the serious storm!
Show threadPaulussieJul 5, 2023
@robert 🤣
Show threadPterryJul 5, 2023
@robert do they have to build houses on the other side should the direction of the wind change?
Show threadmoondadJul 5, 2023
@robert Leave it to the Dutch.
Show threadPhilSalkieJul 5, 2023
@robert
We saw something much like that in central New Jersey, USA about 15 years ago. The city had come through and replaced the main water line, and the trench they had to dig cut all the roots on the street side. Next big storm, we lost more than half the street trees in one night
Show threadMartin McEvoyJul 5, 2023
@robert yes they also leaned a few trucks on their sides too (just in case they got blown over) 🤷‍♂️
Show threadEoghan MurrayJul 5, 2023

@robert I don't see any evidence it was deliberate in the nos article?

"Omgevallen bomen op verschillende plekken

Op verschillende plekken leiden omgevallen bomen tot overlast. Onder meer in Amsterdam is een bovenleiding beschadigd geraakt."

Show threadRobert LemkeJul 5, 2023
@eoghanmurray Sorry about the confusion, I was just making a little fun.
Show threadEoghan MurrayJul 5, 2023
@robert oh!
I take it you never imagined someone would miss the joke 🤦‍♂️
I guess I can only say that a /s sarcasm marker might have saved me.
Show threadRobert LemkeJul 5, 2023
@eoghanmurray Yeah, sorry about it. It was spontaneous … when I saw the photo, it looked to me like someone had put the trees like that on purpose.
Show threadElbertJul 5, 2023
@robert Looks like they got a lien on their house.
Show threadAYSHILologJul 5, 2023
@robert :(
Show threadMarieJul 5, 2023
@robert 😥
Show threadCelloMom On CarsJul 5, 2023

@robert

Brilliant planning, the parked cars were unharmed.

Show threadXepherJul 5, 2023
@robert Very interesting solution to that problem!
Show threadMichael Emory🎮🐧🔺Jul 5, 2023
@robert what is preventing the wind from standing the trees back up?
Show threadNathalie Van RaemdonckJul 5, 2023
@robert where did you get that they made the trees lean on purpose to prevent them from falling? Dutch reports about this mention that several in the same street just happened to fall https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/video/video/5394402/meerdere-huizen-een-straat-getroffen-door-omvallende-bomen-haarlem
Meerdere huizen in één straat getroffen door omvallende bomen in Haarlem

Eén straat in Haarlem heeft wel heel veel pech met storm Poly. Daar zijn meerdere huizen getroffen door omvallende bomen. Tot nu toe zijn er vier bomen omgevallen door harde wind. Voor zover bekend zijn er geen gewonden gevallen.

RTL Nieuws
Show threadNathalie Van RaemdonckJul 5, 2023
@robert someone even filmed one of the trees (gently) falling on their own https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJX3VT44/
Best to edit your original Toot :)
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Show threadRobert LemkeJul 6, 2023
@nvraemdonck I was just making a little fun of it because it looks so intentional, but of course it isn't. Sorry for the confusion, I did not anticipate that it could be misleading.
Show threadNathalie Van RaemdonckJul 6, 2023
@robert oh sorry, maybe I need to turn off my misinfo detection goggles now and then 😅
Show threadmatthias-petrat.comJul 5, 2023
@robert https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJXTYhbH/ @Loredo
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Show threadMartijn van DijkJul 6, 2023
@robert aw man you ruined the joke with that edit :D
Show threadRobert LemkeJul 6, 2023
@martijn yeah, but so many people asked me or pointed out that they might not have been doing that on purpose …
Show threadMartijn van DijkJul 6, 2023
@robert lolz.
Show threadn3wjackJul 6, 2023
@robert funny people didn't get the joke 😂
It shows good people think of the Dutch I guess 🤔