Strong winds take down 150-year-old oak tree

    WHYY’s Shai Ben-Yaacov stands atop a 150-year-old oak tree that toppled down in Germantown due to strong winds on Friday.  The tree once stood 95 feet tall in the Northwest neighborhood.

    If you have any photos from the aftermath of yesterday’s damaging winds send them to the feed here.  

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