Okay... about half an hour after I posted my initial message in this thread, we lost power until 3 PM today. We were out most of the day, home but just about to go out when it came back, and are back briefly to clean up in order to go to a "thank you" dinner for helping Peg's mom clean up her downed branches.
The tree is unsalvageable; the roots are out of the ground and the trunk shattered a foot or two above them. I took photos; when I get back from dinner I will put them up on Flickr and put a link here.
The tree right next to it, as it turns out, started coming out of the ground a little. It's noticeably off-true and mounded around one side of its roots. It might be worth having an arborist look at it.
Tree destruction is rampant in our area; in our short ride out this afternoon, we saw at least half a dozen downed trees in our neighborhood, including several that hit nearby houses.
Gotta go, be back later.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
The tree is unsalvageable; the roots are out of the ground and the trunk shattered a foot or two above them. I took photos; when I get back from dinner I will put them up on Flickr and put a link here.
The tree right next to it, as it turns out, started coming out of the ground a little. It's noticeably off-true and mounded around one side of its roots. It might be worth having an arborist look at it.
Tree destruction is rampant in our area; in our short ride out this afternoon, we saw at least half a dozen downed trees in our neighborhood, including several that hit nearby houses.
Gotta go, be back later.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.