Chicago the "Windy City" may ass: Part II

Okay, let's now look at this picture showing the trees on the opposite side of the street.  They are obviously much taller, but see how they actually bend back towards the ocean?  Our audio guide on the city bus tour said this is because the high winds off the ocean hit the buildings across the street, and then bounce off the buildings.  The winds bouncing off the buildings are still so strong and have not been dissipated that they actually will force these trees to grow towards the ocean.

 

I have never seen anything like that before in my life.  I have seen plenty of wind blown trees on mountains or along the ocean, but I have never seen wind blown trees as the result of reflected high winds that grow back into the dominant wind direction.

 

Now that is windy!

 

Cheers,

 

Sean