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Re: [STORMREPORTS] MD's Wye Oak Downed by Severe Storms; Tornados reported in MD & VA

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Fri Jun 07 2002 - 06:15:35 EDT

Here is some more information:

White Oak Tree Toppled in Md. Storm (Associated Press)

The massive Wye Oak, the living symbol of Maryland's state tree and
designated the largest white oak in the country, was toppled Thursday
during a thunderstorm.
For the full story, go to:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020607/ap_on_re_us/oak_destroyed_1

At 07:23 PM 6/6/2002 -0400, smwincva_wxman{at}webtv.net wrote:
>Winchester (nw) VA
>
>
>Baltimore MD TV stations are reporting that the famed Wye Oak, in Talbot
>Co (US Rt 50 on east side of the Chesapeake Bay) was downed by high
>winds. It had been recognized as America's oldest oak tree, about 500
>years old.
>
>More details of the tree itself at:
>http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/trees/giant.html 

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