Windy Night aftermath: It all started shortly after I put the garbage cans out for pickup the next day... I walked into the house and heard a loud crash as I closed the front door. The...

larryzplace Loc: Elk Grove Village Illinois

It all started shortly after I put the garbage cans out for pickup the next day...
I walked into the house and heard a loud crash as I closed the front door.
The photos are the result of the crash...
The tree is now slated to come down... I planted this elm from a twig over 40 years ago

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Susan689

larryzplace wrote:

It all started shortly after I put the garbage cans out for pickup the next day...
I walked into the house and heard a loud crash as I closed the front door.
The photos are the result of the crash...
The tree is now slated to come down... I planted this elm from a twig over 40 years ago

Oh my..... Glad no one got hurt!

Leicaflex Loc: Cymru

Oh dear.
I do hope you plant a replacement.

Tikva Loc: Waukesha, WI

You are lucky that no one was hurt.

angela k Loc: Long Island

I've had that happen to my huge maple in our yard...
thankfully no one was hurt with your fallen tree...

larryzplace Loc: Elk Grove Village Illinois

Susan689 wrote:

Oh my..... Glad no one got hurt!

Thanks Susan... 1 minute earlier and I would have had quite a headache...

larryzplace Loc: Elk Grove Village Illinois

Leicaflex wrote:

Oh dear.
I do hope you plant a replacement.

Well I suspect the village will be doing that... We have lost over 4000 trees in the last couple of years due to the ash bore..

But if they don't I will....

Thanks for dropping by.

larryzplace Loc: Elk Grove Village Illinois

angela k wrote:

I've had that happen to my huge maple in our yard...
thankfully no one was hurt with your fallen tree...

Thanks Angela,

as I wrote above we have lost over 4000 trees to the ash bore here in our village alone in the last couple of years not to mention
how many have been taken down in our forest preserve...

angela k Loc: Long Island

larryzplace wrote:

Thanks Angela,

as I wrote above we have lost over 4000 trees to the ash bore here in our village alone in the last couple of years not to mention
how many have been taken down in our forest preserve...

We have that same situation on LI with a beetle that is killing all the tall pines...

alby Loc: very eastern pa.

lost several ash in our hedgerow.... largest was a double that looked like it was planted together, each side over 36 inches dia... neighbor that took it down for me thanked me for weeks for the "kings firewood"..... but i got the best deal.... removed for free

larryzplace Loc: Elk Grove Village Illinois

Wow Angela,
I have not heard of anything killing pines... Is it just out by you or is it spreading?

larryzplace Loc: Elk Grove Village Illinois

alby wrote:

lost several ash in our hedgerow.... largest was a double that looked like it was planted together, each side over 36 inches dia... neighbor that took it down for me thanked me for weeks for the "kings firewood"..... but i got the best deal.... removed for free

Thanks for dropping in,

Sorry to hear about the trees... I always hate to see them go...

angela k Loc: Long Island

larryzplace wrote:

Thanks for dropping in,

Sorry to hear about the trees... I always hate to see them go...

Most of the damage is on LI, with the infestation of the Southern Pine Beetle, about the size of a grain of rice!!

larryzplace Loc: Elk Grove Village Illinois

angela k wrote:

Most of the damage is on LI, with the infestation of the Southern Pine Beetle, about the size of a grain of rice!!

Sure hope it doesn't spread....

angela k Loc: Long Island

larryzplace wrote:

Sure hope it doesn't spread....

Me too... they've cut down so many trees already