That freak thundersnow-storm over the weekend may have damaged as many as 1,000 of Central Park's trees, as compared to Hurricane Irene's tally of 125. The Central Park Conservancy president claims it's the worst destruction he's seen in his 27 years at the organization, likening the storm to "a bomb [that] blew off." Native New Yorker trees: not as tough as you might think. [NYT]
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