#*&$! Ice Storm!

[j_cheney]

So, here's the river birch in front of our house....see that main center trunk---the one snapped in half? (This is, BTW, a 30 foot or so tree. Hard to tell from the pic, but it's actually quite tall)

Here's our desperate attempt to keep more branches from breaking off the saw-tooth oak.

We've already lost a couple of huge branches, displacedtexan estimates that 1/5 of the tree is gone now. We're hoping not to loose much more. On the other hand, the hedge maples and the bald cypress and the pear are doing fine so far. The yaupons are showing a lot of stress, but we've only seen a few snapped branches.

When the wind gets here tomorrow, we're going to be in a lot of trouble.

Comments

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Oh, ouch!

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Aiaiai! I hope some of the ice melts before the wind.

I remember when I was going to college in Ohio, we'd have the most horrific ice storms, trees falling to bits all over.

I don't think we got that much damage, but there was a goodly bit of ice on the car when I got out to it and it took a while to clean it off. and three tries to get out of the driveway, but the roads weren't bad as long as you weren't stupid. From what I read in the news, the storm had spent a lot of its ire in Oklahoma. Here it was mostly a matter of being very, very careful. I didn't see any large branches or trees down, just little stuff.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

We're supposed to have freezing rain again tonight, and then a possibility of rain tomorrow. If we do get rain, then wind, it woudl be better. If we get wind, then rain, we're cooked.

Currently 1/3 of the state is without power, so I do consider myself lucky!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm sad!