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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
THE FRIDAY FLYER
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Ninth graders Ethan Clark, Conner Felt and Justin Gerlek were on their way home from school with Ethan’s dad when they spotted this giant tree blown over at Gault Field after Wednesday’s storm. They then rescued the flag from the flag pole at Gault Field after they saw it hanging up side down and dragging on the ground. The friends folded the flag the way they learned to do when they were in Cub Scout Pack 346, then took it to the POA office.
Storm blows in with wind, water damage
BY SHARON RICE
EDITOR, THE FRIDAY FLYER
A fast moving storm swept through Canyon Lake Wednesday afternoon, uprooting several large trees in the community, flooding streets with rain runoff and damaging patio covers, docks and other personal and Associa- tion property.
Trash cans, lawn furniture and other items could be seen blowing or floating down streets. A full accounting of dam- ages was not available before publica- tion deadlines, and more stormy weather was predicted through Thursday.
One of the first downed trees to be reported was on Vacation Dr. near Old Wrangler. A large tree toppled across all lanes and briefly blocked traffic until Operations crews could get it cleared. Other trees were reported down on Old Wrangler, Gault Field, Mayflower and Cross Hill, though it’s expected there were many more.
Roe Lundgren posted a screen shot from a video of what looked like a light- ning strike in Canyon Lake or Quail Valley, but said he saw no fire. Further information was not available.
One heartwarming story was provid- ed by Ryan Clark, who was bringing his son and two friends home from Temes- cal Canyon High School just after the storm. As they drove past Gault Field, they noticed a large, double-trunked tree had fallen and taken out a large portion of the Major field fence.
Then they noticed the flag pole. The rope holding the U.S. flag had broken and the flag was hanging upside down and dragging on the ground. According to Ryan, the three 9th grade friends have grown up together in Canyon Lake and once were a part of Cub Scout Pack 346 where they learned the proper care of the American flag.
After having their picture taken with the tree truck, Ethan Clark, Connor Felt and Justin Gerlek went to rescue the flag. One of them climbed partway up the pole to release it from the halyard; then they carefully folded it in the way they learned as Cub Scouts and took it to the POA office.
If more pictures and information about storm becomes available, they will be posted with this article at www. fridayflyer.com.
At left, Wednesday's storm toppled this tree across Vacation Dr., blocking traffic until Operations crews could get it out of the way. Above, a tree is uprooted on Old Wran- gler Dr., and the North Ski Area dock appeared to have blown loose from its mooring.
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