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Ekka · 4th December 2007, 10:40 PM

Some news from your parts.

Trees topple over during wicked storm | KVAL CBS 13 - News, Weather and Sports - Eugene, OR - Eugene, Oregon | Local & Regional News

Here's a link to the video I fished but I couldn't copy the bugger!

http://depository.shadowtv.net/flash...&autoPlay=true

It's good that the media actually promote getting trees inspected by qualified arborists and NOT TOPPING THEM.

Quote:

Eugene - The howling winds in some areas were accompanied by the sound of cracking tree limbs, which kept local arborists on the move.

It seemed today that people were either working on preventative measures or in some cases damage control.

"I heard the crash and I thought OK which one is it this time," says South Eugene resident Eunice Kjaer. Kjaer is no stranger to trees toppling over. "Last night a big Fir came down hit the corner of the front porch this morning about 10:30 another Fir came down," Kjaer explains.

And with it, snapped a Laurel and other small trees. Knocking out her power littering her front lawn with debris, and leaving the cleanup on Storey Boulevard to the kindness of neighbors.

But Kjaer say's living around the trees of South Eugene she knew what was coming. "I was bracing for this one because the year we had the 70 mile an hour winds. I was pretty nervous because of these Fir trees," says Kjaer.

And her home in the hills wasn't the only one with an un-invited guest. But it was a different story across town where Sperry Tree Care crews were trying to stop a tree from crashing into nearby homes.

"This trunk fell in the middle of the tree and it's now stabilized and we're lowering out pieces to take the tree the rest of the way down," says Nathaniel Sperry, owner of Sperry Tree Care.

Because this old tree had a defect, Sperry say's it had to come down. But for Kjaer, whose tree had weak roots, it was already too late.

"Thankfully the house is intact, I'm so grateful for that," says Kjaer.

To keep your trees safe, make sure you have them inspected annually by a qualified arborist. Prune trees correctly when they're young and don't allow your trees to be topped.