Somehow, you do not picture a tornado in the woods. Folk wisdom teaches us they prefer open, flat places like Dorothy Gale's farm.
However, in 1831, Thomas Cole—the American artist credited with founding the Hudson River School of Painting—did picture one in the woods and Cole never ventured to Kansas.
Cole's painting was recreated last week here in Knoxville. Some of the local roads were blocked for days but yesterday I ventured to Old Stage Trail and Lakemoor Drive where last Wednesday's South Knoxville twister touched down. It's a wooded, hilly neighborhood near my home that I visit once a year. It's in the portion of the Knoxville Christmas Bird Count circle that Patty Ford and I tally every January.
However, in 1831, Thomas Cole—the American artist credited with founding the Hudson River School of Painting—did picture one in the woods and Cole never ventured to Kansas.
Cole's painting was recreated last week here in Knoxville. Some of the local roads were blocked for days but yesterday I ventured to Old Stage Trail and Lakemoor Drive where last Wednesday's South Knoxville twister touched down. It's a wooded, hilly neighborhood near my home that I visit once a year. It's in the portion of the Knoxville Christmas Bird Count circle that Patty Ford and I tally every January.
Wherever you drive in this part of town you find impromptu wood piles, blue-tampolined roofs and busted out back car windows, which I've started to call "South Knoxville sunroofs."
Old Stage Trail and Lakemoor Drive very close
to where the tornado touched down.
Now, I have my own South Knoxville sunroof.
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