| courthousedeb |
06-11-2006 10:06 AM |
Here's a little more info on it...and the article that it came from.
Even though the sun came out and a nice breeze mitigated the steaming heat all would not be smooth for the afternoon. We were sitting in the VIP tent beside Nemo’s Fountain cooling off with a cold glass of Chardonnay. Gary Cowger, GM Group VP and honorary chairman for the Concours was sitting in the corner awaiting a call from Jay Leno regarding the display of some of the latter’s cars when a loud crackling noise, almost like rapid gun fire, split the air grabbing our attention. We quickly looked across the fountain from where the sound came and saw the lesser half of a large silver maple tree break away and come down squarely on top of a new Chevy HHR concept car in the GM display. A fellow attending the car suffered a glancing blow from part of the large limb and he went down. The ambulance came and hauled him away. We understand he’s OK. But the poor HHR will need some major repair. When I went over to photograph the mess I thought about ‘loading’ a car’s suspension when we’re photographing cornering action. The HHR’s suspension was fully loaded standing still under the weight of that mighty maple. |
