Tree update

[revchris]

I need to stop back there with a camera in order to show the scope of the mess.

The neighbors got estimates this morning from a couple places for the removal. I don't know how much, but the cheaper one was talking about a 100-ton crane to lift the sections of fallen tree off the buildings and set them in the road for cutting. The guy who owns the house described it as high enough to "give his insurance guy a heart attack."

Then, after the fallen sections are gone, they'll cut down and remove the other half of the tree that's still standing.

At least one of the two garages involved is going to need a new roof, based on how many rafters are fractured. The house may need roofing repair, but the garages are holding most of the tree up in the air, and there may not be a lot of house damage.

There are (were) 4-5 main trunks, all from the same split. It looks like the center of the main trunk may have rotted out right where all the trunks split apart, about 10-12 feet off the ground. Where the subtrunks split and broke, they look to be 20-30" in diameter.

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[misteropinion.livejournal.com]

Camerawork is mandatory. Gadzooks!