This tree (click it), right across the street from my workplace, gave it up during a sudden monsoon-like thunderstorm that erupted yesterday afternoon. Doesn’t look so bad now, but the front office staff saw it all unfold, stopping traffic temporarily in the eastbound side of the street. Not being the dedicated photojournalist that you might expect, I waited until the storm had subsided to document the by-then-partially-cleaned-up aftermath. Nothing went down on the home front, but I heard reports upon returning there that they were bracing for it, as it was pretty much the strongest windstorm in recent memory. And that’s about as exciting as it ever gets around here …