-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Nancy Backus on 30 Oct 12  11:04:59 <=-

 NB>> Except that we've already had a number of instances this year of very
 NB>> high winds and heavy rains... and I'd suspect that most of the dead
 NB>> or weak branches and trees have already been culled from those

 MR> It was the point they kept making about the north winds and the fact
 MR> that our  trees were not adapted up here for north winds, They were
 MR> saying that the  root systems here are dug in for west/ south winds.
 MR> North winds place the  pressure on the weakest part of the trees root
 MR> system. I did lose branches  but nothing big. It was much milder than
 MR> some of our winter storms. I was  just very cautious about those huge
 MR> pines and the north wind. Quite a few  trees did go down, but I think
 MR> only 1 on a house locally in perinton. 

Sometimes I think that the forecasters, and even more so the announcers
that gleefully report the bad news, make things sound worse than they
really are or will be, just to get people's attention.  Our trees have
probably adapted some to north winds, just not as much as to the winds
from the south and the west, since those are what we usually get...  But
we get the north and east winds often enough that the trees will have
had to adapt some...  Up at the Pond, that would be more of an issue,
with huge trees having very shallow root systems, due to the bedrock
only a few feet (or in some instances, inches) down, and yet, we rarely
have trees down in even the worst storms... I guess that's helped me
have more respect for tree root systems...  

 NB>> We'll all hope that things stay relatively stable despite the storm.

 MR> Muchas Gracias! Minor Damage in the city and no deaths due to the
 MR> storm. In  the shadow of what others have gotten, we were truly blessed
 MR> here. 

Indeed.  :)   I was most concerned about MJ losing power, with her on 4
liters of oxygen, but they didn't even have a flicker.  Today, she was
laughing, having predicted that it wouldn't be as dire as predicted, at
least here.  

ttyl        neb

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