Photo Gallery: Pasadena wind storm destroys trees, leaves many without power
A tree fell on top of a gas station at Colorado and San Gabriel in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Kristen Mclane helps remove branches from the 80-foot pine tree that fell from her property onto the neighbor’s front yard on Los Robles at Howard St. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Her uncle Greg Kent and cousin Tim Kent were also helping cut the tree down. Winds caused damage A concrete lamp post snapped on the 2400 block of E. Foothill Blvd. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer))
A tree completely blocks the 3500 block of E. California Blvd. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
A tree completely blocks the 3500 block of E. California Blvd. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
A tree crushed a home on the 400 block of Adena St. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Greg Kent chops down his 80-foot pine tree that fell on his neighbor’s front yard on Los Robles at Howard St. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Trees block the street on the 3400 block of E. San Pasqual St., east of Madre St. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
A tree crushed a home on Howard St. just west of Los Robles in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
A concrete lamp post snapped on the 2400 block of E. Foothill Blvd. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
A fallen tree blocks most of Green St. west of Catalina Ave. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Power lines were down everywhere in Pasadena, including this one on the 800 block of E. Claremont St. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
The wind almost ripped off the US flag at a fast food restaurant on Colorado and Hill in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Cfrews work to fix the lights at Lake and Colorado in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Daniel Huerta from the Christmas Tree lot on Mountain and Lake says he did not loose any trees because he laid them down before the wind storm hit, in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throughout Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Yoshi Tajima of Pasadena takes a photo of fallen trees at Central Park in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throught Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
A man walks through fallen branches at Central Park in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throught Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Trees completely blocks Green St. just east of Raymond Ave. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throught Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
A car is barely visible underneath a tree that completely blocks Green St. just east of Raymond Ave. in Pasadena on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Winds caused damage throught Pasadena. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)