If traffic management and crowd control aren't good reasons for Orange County deputies to keep people away from the Anthony Family home on Suburban Drive, perhaps the risk of incurring the wrath and fury of Mother Nature is cause to just stay home.
As severe weather passed through East Orange County on Thursday afternoon, a large pine tree located near a memorial site for Caylee Marie was damaged by a bolt of blue. The tree, which is roughly 60 feet tall, was struck about 20-feet from the top. The strike left two 5-foot burn marks down the side of the tree. No one was injured.
The tree is about 5 feet off the pavement on Suburban Drive and the memorial is another 10 to 15 feet beyond that and down into the woods. A short trail which leads down into the woods to the memorial site is essentially at the foot of the tree.
The inclement weather is part of a tropical system which is moving up the Florida peninsula and is also threatening the final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis scheduled for Friday morning at 11:26 a.m.
Aside from the weather, the Anthony neighborhood was quiet Thursday with a few people bringing flowers and toys to the memorial for Caylee in the swampy, mosquito-filled spot where her remains were found.
"If Caylee could see all this, she would see how much people loved her," said 11-year-old Isobel Bulanhagui, who visited the memorial with her grandfather. The child pulled a battery out of her purse and laid it gently beside a sign that read "pass on the angel in your arms to your creator."
"I don't have much in my purse but this will give her energy," Isobel said.
The memorial, the fourth that has been erected since Caylee died, has quadrupled in size since Tuesday's verdict. Hundreds of teddy bears and stuffed animals were piled on the dirt, with hand-written notes, many that disparaged Anthony. More than two dozen flower bouquets sit wilting and 27 helium balloons are anchored to the ground.
George Anthony has asked the public to donate the items to charity rather than place them in the woods.
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