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Tree Machine · 29th February 2008, 05:01 AM

Great story, Treevet.

I remember that ice storm.

Me and Treevet are west-to-east of each other about 300 K, but almost on the same latitude, TV is south a bit of TM.

We see these ice storms coming from the west. Treevet's storm had me freaked out. Ice storms are fairly rare events, but when all the conditions line up, they can be really bad. Treevet's was a whopper. It missed me, the northern edge being 50 K south of here (WHew!)

We haven't had a decent ice storm in 12 years here, which means the trees have grown to proportions, unbridled by any major natural forces. Lots and lots and lots of trees with overextended leads, full, lengthy stems, elm trees so dense with peripheral canopy.... When an ice storm hits here, like Treevet says, it will be a warzone.

For now, I try to identify trees that are at risk of splitting and install a cable. A lot of times the tree will really tell you whether or not it's predisposed. Sometimes it's just plain obvious, numbers of clues the tree can give, all stirred and poured into a glass. This is our cabling solution..

29th February 2008, 05:01 AM	#36 (permalink)
Tree Machine Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 569	Great story, Treevet. I remember that ice storm. Me and Treevet are west-to-east of each other about 300 K, but almost on the same latitude, TV is south a bit of TM. We see these ice storms coming from the west. Treevet's storm had me freaked out. Ice storms are fairly rare events, but when all the conditions line up, they can be really bad. Treevet's was a whopper. It missed me, the northern edge being 50 K south of here (WHew!) We haven't had a decent ice storm in 12 years here, which means the trees have grown to proportions, unbridled by any major natural forces. Lots and lots and lots of trees with overextended leads, full, lengthy stems, elm trees so dense with peripheral canopy.... When an ice storm hits here, like Treevet says, it will be a warzone. For now, I try to identify trees that are at risk of splitting and install a cable. A lot of times the tree will really tell you whether or not it's predisposed. Sometimes it's just plain obvious, numbers of clues the tree can give, all stirred and poured into a glass. This is our cabling solution..