May Storm Snaps Trees, Tests Patience

Instead of planting gardens of flowers and veggies, Park Hill residents spent Mother’s Day cleaning up after Winter Storm Venus, which dropped as much as 10 inches of heavy wet snow across the neighborhood. Ash and maple trees were the hardest hit, but plenty of other branches – and even entire trees – were snapped down during the May 9-10 storm. Above, Rick Stephens uses a chainsaw to help a friend clean up numerous damaged trees at 22nd and Ivanhoe. Photo by Cara DeGette