Big storm going through. The initial wall brought up to 80mph winds... and I know what I will be doing for the next several days.
Fortunately the storm dropped the temp by 10-15 degrees (F)...
What we can see from the house - 3 maple trees lost significant chunks of branching. The trees look a bit like a "U" versus a "lollypop"...
Hopefully - no more...
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Neighbor texted he is trying to get back home - but trees down and blocking the roads he's been trying to use.
I'm fixing to go survey the damage in another 15 to 30 minutes... I'm still hearing thunder... and I'm not a big fan of lightning...
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One of the white pines was "topped". It's laying on the ground in the back.
They were planted by previous owners in 1980s.
Nothing is forever.
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Large middle branch taken out. This might have been the original "lead" of the tree. This is about 1/3rd of the tree. Guess time to plan on major prune of any other weakness. 😢
The biggest loss is the maple in the backyard. We called it the "Bailey" tree. Named after a friend's Red Heeler (Cattle dog) that we took care of about 25 years ago.
Bailey would run up the side of the tree while playing Frisbee.
This is about 50% of the tree and is all of the central section of the tree. This will definitely have to come down... but not an emergency.
@JohnJBurnsIII Dang is this in #kalamazoo ? No weather here to speak of in #grandrapids
Swooped across Lake Michigan from Chicago.
Some storms split and go around us, due to topography.
Times like this... we get it straight on...
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@JohnJBurnsIII be careful and hopefully damage is to a minimum
@JohnJBurnsIII Yup! Fellow across the street had a tree branch hitting his power line, lots of white flashes, sparks, chunks of tree falling all over. Like the power line was a hot cutting wire.