on 2011-11-01 23:01 David Mann wrote
On Nov 2, 2011, at 9:17 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
The storm in Connecticut was something else. The only reason I still have
power is that Irene already knocked down all of the iffy trees in the area I'm
in. Wet snow on trees that haven't lost their leaves = KRAAACK.
Yes we found that out a couple of months ago. We lost most of one of our
wattle trees, it's really a shadow of its former self now.
constant issue on the Colorado front range; it is very easy to grow trees here,
but only the native trees are smart enough to always drop their leaves at the
right time; the others are too optimistic, but i don't blame them — last
Monday's high was 80 degrees (F); two days later we had snow and lows in the teens
at our house a favorite desert willow (chilopsis) was the worst hit, losing 1/5
of the tree; up in Boulder it was much worse, with extended power outages and a
family member's 50-year-old apple tree (that bore extremely well this year)
split in half
today we have our second snow, and the apples, lilacs, and a stubborn tree
honeysuckle still have most of their leaves, but all are holding up so far; we
have a dedicated long-handled broom for shaking snow off of trees
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