z31maniac
z31maniac MegaDork
10/26/20 12:18 p.m.

Already had to go remove 2 from the driveway so my much better half can get in to the garage. Just heard a huge crack...........my neighbor is not going to be happy when he sees what one of his tree limbs just did to his fence. 

Patientzero
Patientzero HalfDork
10/26/20 12:30 p.m.

One fell as my wife was pulling into our driveway a couple days ago.  Had she been 30 seconds quicker it would have taken out the truck with her and my daughter in it.

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt UltimaDork
10/26/20 1:05 p.m.

My parents just had a new roof put on their house, and literally the night after the roofing crew had left, they had a pretty stout oak branch fall and miss the roof by about two feet.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
10/26/20 1:06 p.m.

What the heck?

Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter)
Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/26/20 1:23 p.m.
1988RedT2 said:

What the heck?

Imma guess ice, wind, or some combination of the two.

D2W
D2W Dork
10/26/20 3:21 p.m.

I'm not in the middle of the country, but we got an early snow storm. 4 inches and a lot of branches came down. Most of the leaves are still green and just starting to turn so they catch a lot of snow. 

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/26/20 4:16 p.m.

We got 6" of fairly heavy snow with the leaves on the trees, so all the wussy trees are falling. A good chunk of the city was without power last night and the constant power surges as various substations tried to come online and failed took out a bunch of networking equipment as well - we were offline until about noon today. That's a problem when you're trying to work from home. So we went for a swim.

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/26/20 6:31 p.m.

One of the best Pete moments evar was walking through the woods with PeteGF.  Stopped and told her to look a certain direction, because I wanted to snag a kiss on her neck.  At the precise moment she looked, half of a tree split off and fell over, dead center in her field of vision.

RX Reven'
RX Reven' GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/26/20 6:52 p.m.

Not in the middle of the country (California) and not worried about limbs falling (desert climate = few problematic trees) but holy cow, 40 mph sustained winds and only 15% humidity.

If it was hot (currently only mid 70's) we'd have the trifecta of extreeeeeeme fire danger right now.

Fire of 2018:

You know the E36 M3 is getting real when your wife can smell the lake water the fire helicopter has dropped on you. 

slefain
slefain PowerDork
10/27/20 3:59 p.m.

Atlanta chiming in. We've had a bumper crop of fire pit fuel this year. Got a big sweetgum limb big around as my thigh and 20' long still waiting to be chopped up. Good for the fire pit, bad for the roof.

A few weeks ago we had some STRONG winds come through. Some big limbs came down in the woods behind my detached garage office. After one came down hard I beat a retreat from the detached garage back into the house. I've never seen the tree bend around so much.

grover
grover GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/28/20 10:34 p.m.

In reply to slefain :

Also in Atlanta. I'm a roofer and it's been a crazy year for storms here north of town. Tomorrow looks like another one. 

z31maniac
z31maniac MegaDork
10/30/20 10:08 a.m.

z31maniac
z31maniac MegaDork
10/30/20 10:08 a.m.

z31maniac
z31maniac MegaDork
10/30/20 10:09 a.m.

Not even all of it. Waiting for a crew to come clear the driveway. Finally got power again last night. 

 

Floating Doc (Forum Supporter)
Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UberDork
10/30/20 10:46 a.m.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:

One of the best Pete moments evar was walking through the woods with PeteGF.  Stopped and told her to look a certain direction, because I wanted to snag a kiss on her neck.  At the precise moment she looked, half of a tree split off and fell over, dead center in her field of vision.

You did that on purpose, right? I would insist on it!

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