goodbye to the trees

“the huge windstorms that raged across parts of the midwest saturday hit here in west central ohio especially hard....we lost a huge maple tree (42" at the base) that fell down across the street and took out a power pole (along with a transformer, and the telephone and cable tv lines)....we (and about 100 of our neighbors) were without power for approximately 24 hours....after working all day yesterday sawing up the wood, and cleaning up the mess, i realized that the only other tree left standing in our front yard (a rare horse-chestnut) had a split running all the way down the center of it as a result of the maple tree having fallen on it....so i am sitting here now listening to the sounds of chain saws buzzing as a tree crew is taking it down....

we are really going to miss all the shade and privacy that those old trees provided....”

“we only lost a couple of large bramch's off of our trees, the problem was it happened to catch the side of my Dakota ! not too bad though... I don't have a garage so I moved our vehicles out of range of the rest of the trees range...Good Idea, but when I got up sunday we had a shed in our back yard, wife to find out today who it belongs to we know its not the neighbor next door so it came a ways!!! lucky it stoped short of hitting anything of ours.
lost our flag pole also”

“That is too bad, gonzo. I would be very upset to lose any trees in my yard!

The storm hit SE Mich pretty good, too. Max's mom had a large pine tree crash through a bedroom on the second floor. That has caused a pretty good mess!

Hiking w/ Buddur was pretty tough in the afternoon. The wind was pretty fierce near his place!”

“Is anyone going to salvage the logs as lumber?

It's a shame to waste a valuable product like that by cutting it into firewood.”

“I know that's no fun. We had a little wind come through here last Summer and a tree about that size landed on the back of the house. I was sitting here at the computer in the front of the house and felt it hit.

$700 tree, $500 roof repair, $600 stump... Isn't insurance Grand?”

“you mean they paid for it ????
usually they squirm out of it somehow can you tell I don't like insurance co.s !!!”

“It was a freakin' miracle!”

“When I was a kid growing up in Florida, we had a near hit with a hurricane one time. My brother and I made a sail out of some poles and a bedsheet, and held it on to a skateboard and zoomed downt the street. I remember Mom not being too happy about ruining the sheet.”

“My brother-in-law runs a sign business in Fla He loves the huricane season...takes em down before, puts em back up after, and who ever gambled and lost... he makes new ones Win-Win

by the way Artex what happened to your brother ???”

“My brother and I both got yelled at for the sheet/sail incident. I don't remember the punishment going much beyond that. Probably because around that time I had set a small section of the woods on fire by accident, and the bedsheet incident was mild compared to that.”

“LOL

camp fire ?
while hiding in woods from reality?
extra points for that !”

“Plant a tree to replace the ones you've lost. Make sure you take the time to include your kids in the process. If you don't have kids, have your nephews help. I helped a neighbor plant a tree when I was five, it's one of the best memories of my childhood.”

“By all means plant some more.

A few caveats -- fast growing trees like poplar will produce shade quickly, but have shorter lifespans. They may die of old age while the kids are still alive. So plant a mix of trees: fast growing trees to produce shade in a few years, and some slower growing long-lived species that will be there for several hundred years. A local nursery will have advice on what does best in your local situation.”

“I know sat it was real windy while backpacking!!!!Man it was nutz!I don't know how many times we herd branches falling and a few times we herd whole trees fall.

It was crazy!!!!!

Getting on top of the knobs when the wind was blazeing it got cold!

8)”

“Don't plant a poplar. That's like asking for the tree to fall on your house. Take Gordon's advice, ask at the local nursery, not the Home Depot.”

“I'm out in open fields, and the wind was fierce. My trees all survived ok, but the trampoline took flight over the house, yard, and street.”

“Poplars aren't just short-lived, they're also shallow-rooted. If you do decide to plant some keep that in mind when choosing the location. Like smiley girl said, unless you want a tree falling on your house in a few years.”

“Nothing last forever. I have 2 huge Pin Oaks in my yard. The one is now just a totem pole left by the power co. line crews. Its a 30 foot stump that stands within feet of a power pole and on the crest of the drainage ditch. When in full foilage this was a nightmare waiting to happen. I had them cut the top for free for fear the it would crush my house or the neighbors if it every were to fall. I have look into having it harvested for boardage but everyone said this oak was too knotty for good boards.

In the backyard, my northside of the house there is a matching tree. Roughly the same height. It is dire need of a cleaning. It sheds huge 'widow makers' every few years. Although it provides no shade like the one I had up front, I been dreaming of building a treehouse in this one. A circular floor plan that would be cantalevered off the trunk. The floor would be 20 or so feet off the ground and call it 8 to 10 out from the trunk all the way around and powered.”