last nights storm

Yesterday and last night the rain was coming down so hard and there were periodic bouts of thunder and hail, but most impressive was the wind. Tree branches were strewn all over the city, even a lamp post near my house was haphazardly laying on the sidewalk after having been blown over. It was so eerie to see the lights still lit up as it lay up-rooted on the sidewalk and sectioned off with a police do not cross tape as if it were an urban homicide.
When I woke up this morning to walk the dog there I saw the wind had thrown debris from trees, pieces of buildings and other normally fixed objects all over the streets with as much care as one flicks away an unwanted scab off their finger tip. What stood out most to me were the dozens of umbrellas I saw that lay like carnage on a battlefield. They clearly were not meant to survive what they encountered and it looked like most would never have volunteered or allowed their spring releasing mechanism to open fully if they knew where they'd end up and how they'd look afterwards.