Hallelujah! The trees are coming down!

Speaking of trees that are a danger, this one certainly presents that, as I'm not sure how it's withstood the powerful winds we've had in recent years. :|
 

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ChicagoBlue2 said:
Speaking of trees that are a danger, this one certainly presents that, as I'm not sure how it's withstood the powerful winds we've had in recent years. :|
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There's no hurricanes or tornadoes to worry about in your area. Chicago has never gotten any tornadoes as far as I know. That tree is big and strong and will withstand strong winds but the branches may break. I noticed that Major cities do not get tornadoes. That would be a disaster if major cities got hit like New York.
 
MangaReader said:
There's no hurricanes or tornadoes to worry about in your area. Chicago has never gotten any tornadoes as far as I know. That tree is big and strong and will withstand strong winds but the branches may break. I noticed that Major cities do not get tornadoes. That would be a disaster if major cities got hit like New York.
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Actually not true-- Chicago did get with a tornado in 1974-- killed 28 people. The only question is when one will hit here again, and don't forget Oklahoma City in 1999. That city got hit by a tornado-- badly.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
Actually not true-- Chicago did get with a tornado in 1974-- killed 28 people. The only question is when one will hit here again, and don't forget Oklahoma City in 1999. That city got hit by a tornado-- badly.
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This is Reba's thread. Let's not turn this thread about you.
 
MangaReader said:
Neat! Did they also remove the stump of that pine tree? Will they remove the stump of the old tree? That is some job! I wouldn't want to do that job!
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Yes, they removed the stumps. See that yellow machine with the guy standing next to it with a remote control in his hand? That's the robot stump grinder. Very cool.
 
MangaReader said:
There's no hurricanes or tornadoes to worry about in your area. Chicago has never gotten any tornadoes as far as I know. That tree is big and strong and will withstand strong winds but the branches may break. I noticed that Major cities do not get tornadoes. That would be a disaster if major cities got hit like New York.
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ChicagoBlue2 said:
Actually not true-- Chicago did get with a tornado in 1974-- killed 28 people. The only question is when one will hit here again, and don't forget Oklahoma City in 1999. That city got hit by a tornado-- badly.
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MangaReader said:
This is Reba's thread. Let's not turn this thread about you.
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While I do find myself rolling my eyes and at times face-palming at Mark's posts. I have to defend Mark this time. As you can see, you started the tornado comment and he only commented in response to your post.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
Actually not true-- Chicago did get with a tornado in 1974-- killed 28 people. The only question is when one will hit here again, and don't forget Oklahoma City in 1999. That city got hit by a tornado-- badly.
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I visited some friends in Oklahoma in 1999 and they showed me some of the damage that tornado cause, it was bad! Cars where twisted up like toys and plies on top on one another. .
 
whatdidyousay! said:
I visited some friends in Oklahoma in 1999 and they showed me some of the damage that tornado cause, it was bad! Cars where twisted up like toys and plies on top on one another. .
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It was bad. I was 15 when it hit Oklahoma City. Then last year Moore, Oklahoma.
 
It will be about three weeks before they can come out to do the cutting. I was hoping they'd do it before the oak tree's leaves came out. That's going to add more weight and debris. Oh, well.
 
Reba said:
It will be about three weeks before they can come out to do the cutting. I was hoping they'd do it before the oak tree's leaves came out. That's going to add more weight and debris. Oh, well.
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That is about a whole month, I hope you'll have no big storms in that time.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
That is about a whole month, I hope you'll have no big storms in that time.
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They'd better not, cause it would add to the costs they're already expected to pay. If any violent wind storms go through there, that's a lot of clean-up.
 
Secretblend said:
While I do find myself rolling my eyes and at times face-palming at Mark's posts. I have to defend Mark this time. As you can see, you started the tornado comment and he only commented in response to your post.
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Me? Mark started it with post #6. I was replying to it. Regardless, I stopped it before it got out of hand.
 
This is exactly what I'm afraid of happening to us.

This happened in a neighborhood not far from us.

Tree falls on Hanahan house, killing 72-year-old old man

Author(s): BY ANDREW KNAPP
aknapp@postandcourier.com Date: April 22, 2014 Section: PC Metro

Hanahan — A 72-year-old man was killed early Monday after a grand oak tree fell on his house and trapped him in the wreckage. William Carl Klein was sitting in an upstairs den when the more than 2-foot-wide tree crashed onto the second story of his home at 5 Leone Court, the Berkeley County coroner said.

Firefighters eventually freed Klein, but he later died at a hospital.

Coroner Bill Salisbury said his death was deemed accidental. The tree, which once stood in the corner of Klein’s fenced-in yard, likely fell because of heavy rainfall during the weekend, the coroner said.

Klein’s wife, Frances, was not harmed.

Neighbors summoned rescuers and officers from the Hanahan Police Department through 911 calls around 12:06 a.m.

They had heard the tree crash down and tried to reach Klein, the neighbors said.
They couldn’t get to him.

None of them wished to be named.

Police officers said in an incident report that the tree had fallen on top of Klein, crushing the floor beneath him and pinning him to the ceiling of the first-floor dining room.

“The female slept in a separate bedroom,” police Lt. Mike Fowler said. “She managed to make it out.”

Because of the structural damage, the authorities cleared civilians, including Klein’s wife, from the home.

Klein managed to speak with the rescuers as they sawed and pulled away wreckage in an operation to free him. He told them that his legs were broken below his knees, the police report stated.

The officers and firefighters couldn’t immediately see his legs because of the debris, they said.

By the time the rescuers got Klein out, a medical helicopter had landed outside a nearby Kmart.

The authorities had hoped to fly him to Medical University Hospital.
But his condition was so grave, they said, that they instead drove him to Trident Medical Center.

Their efforts could not save the man. Klein was pronounced dead at 4:12 a.m., the coroner said.

The tree still rested on the back side of the home late Monday morning. It was uprooted when it fell. Its top portion was sawed off during the rescue effort.

Such large oaks are abundant in the neighborhood at the eastern end of Otranto Road near the Goose Creek Reservoir.

A neighbor along North Basilica Avenue, which runs parallel to Klein’s street, said she had heard the tree fall and had tried to help.

She said the oak had been leaning to the side long before it fell but that the Kleins had the tree inspected periodically.

Another man who lives on the same cul-de-sac as the Kleins said he had a tree removed last year from his front yard.

Parts of its core were rotten to the top, and carpenter ants were getting to it, the neighbor said. He feared that it would fall during a windstorm.

But the tree on Klein’s land appeared healthier, he added. Its leaves were still thick and green.

As he surveyed the oak from behind an iron gate, the man declined to be identified because, he said, he was concerned about Klein’s wife.

“He was a good neighbor,” the resident said. “That’s all I can say now.”
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http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=14D585B49F7E1E58&p_docnum=1
 
It looks like we're going to have to pay $2,300 to get the two trees cut down and stumps ground down. They will take away the pine tree debris. We'll keep most of the oak tree for firewood.

We made arrangements for the equipment to cross our neighbor's yard. He was very agreeable since he wants to see the trees gone, too.

We have to move a lot of stuff from our front and side yard to prepare. We have to move our fountain, bench, and Flag from the front, and a stone walk and section of privacy fence from the side.

We have two smaller trees (one oak, one cherry) growing in that space, so we hope they don't get damaged. Also, we hope that no damage occurs to any of our patio pavers--they can't be replaced.

This is such a hassle--I'll be glad when it's over.
 
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