ALBUQUERQUE'S OLDER TREES TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT'S MASSIVE THUNDERSTORM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST KERRY JONES SAYS IT'S THE WORST TREE DAMAGE IN 25 YEARS…BROUGHT ON BY THE FACT THAT JULY, SO FAR, HAS BEEN THE TENTH WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD. HE SAYS A SATURATED GROUND MADE TREE ROOTS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE WINDS THAT ACCOMPANIED THE RAIN STORM LAST FRIDAY.
JONES SAYS ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS WILL PROBABLY NEVER SEE ANOTHER SIMILAR STORM IN THEIR LIFETIMES. HE SAYS IT'S ALL THE MORE REMARKABLE SINCE WE HAD JUST HAD A MAJOR THUNDERSTORM LESS THAN 24 HOURS EARLIER.
