We had a very, very fast storm come through with horrendous winds this afternoon. Probably lasted all of 15 minutes. Don't know how much water was dumped as we never put up any of our myriad of rain gauges.
Backtrack a bit, we have some very, VERY large trees
very close to the house. One of them, a gnarly elm, had died this year. We've been kicking around cutting it ourselves (bad idea), calling on a friend who has a lawn service (slightly better idea) or calling a professional tree service (probably best idea). Of course cost is the all important factor.
Fast forward to the storm. Heard something on the roof, (I was on the lower level), and went outside after the rain passed. Found that said tree is pruning itself! The first picture shows the proximity to the house. In the second picture I tried to show the size of the tree, and the size of the branch. Now I'm trying to figure out..."if any other branches break off, will they fall straight down or hit the house? Or was this a wake-up call to GET THAT TREE SERVICE NOW!!!
The tree on the other side of the house, just as close, is a much taller oak!!! What about
it's branches? I think I'll go back to reading my book.
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