#*&$! 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

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Poor trees, indeed!

Yes, if some of the ice is off the branches before the wind, that would put less strain on them.

I had to put the last of my ice-melt on the rink at the end of my driveway this evening.
I hope you guys have relief soon, and no more treedeath!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

We're getting cold rain today, which is exactly what we need!