It's A Little Windy!
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21742)
Canada
March 28, 2016 7:59am CST
Just over an hour ago the wind suddenly picked up.
Wind is not unusual. In fact the wind rarely dies down completely.
Looking out the window, in the last few minutes a very large pine tree came crashing to the ground. This is the pine tree my granddaughter had commented on a few weeks ago
The carrots in the trees are now on the ground.
Three year olds can be exhausting. They have boundless energy, endless curiosity, and in Sandra's case a wonderful imagination. Yesterday she accompanied me...
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@LadyDuck (477916)
• Italy
28 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt It is the same for the trees that are along the small river that runs on the side of our property. Two trees already crashed on the ground.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
28 Mar 16
We are situated on a thin layer of soil over rock. Most root systems are not deep.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
31 Mar 16
My husband has spent some time cutting the remnants with his chainsaw.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
31 Mar 16
@CRK109 it is a lot of work and then you still have a yard that's a mess.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
31 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt When I lived in CT, a hurricane brought down a huge cherry tree in our yard and friends came by with chainsaws to cut it up. It was an all day event. It's really not fun with those large trees come down.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39504)
• United States
28 Mar 16
yepperz, those 3 yrs olds can sure get those imaginations goin'. i don't reckon i've e'er seen pinecones that looked akin to carrots hangin' down 'round here. the pines back'n the hills though'd a diff'rent kinda texture, thin 'petals', pale'n color (compared to the ones here) 'n long. i'm presumin' that's the type ya got there??
what a pity that poor pine met its demise. thankfully it doesn't seem to've done much damage though. that's a good thingy. we're prone to winds here, high ones, 'tis 'breezy' here so far today, with the winds sustained't 25mph, with word 'tis gonna get worse's evenin' approaches. gonna be that way fer the entire week, says those weather folks.
stay safe!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39504)
• United States
29 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt kinda makes one wonder why folks'd build that close, don't it? i reckon 'tis kinda like e'erywhere else though 'n they do such jest coz they can, not coz it makes sense :(
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
29 Mar 16
We are very close to Lake Erie. The winds run the length of the lake, so it can get pretty intense. I'm sure the water was over the boulevard in Fort Erie. Buffalo would also have experienced flooding because of the wind pushing the lake water. Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and as a result when there are strong winds from the east or west there is alway a fluctuation of the water levels at the ends of the lake.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
29 Mar 16
@crazyhorseladycx its mostly the roads that are closed. You aren't allowed to build on 'flood plain" that's anywhere that has flooded in the last 100 years.
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@TheHorse (228231)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt My relatives in Spokane Washington have been experiencing these kinds of winds for the past couple of years. Trees and power lines down. Pretty scary. We don't have those kinds of winds here in the Bay Area--at least not often.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
30 Mar 16
@TheHorse we have had visitors who are shocked by the winds we experience regularly. This wind storm was a little more unexpected, I hadn't checked the forecast in the morning, but there had been no mention the night before.
@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
29 Mar 16
It was. I kept waiting for the power lines to come down somewhere. Lots of outages....ours stayed on.
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@JamesHxstatic (29411)
• Eugene, Oregon
28 Mar 16
That must be quite a wind. I hope no trees are very near your house.
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@JamesHxstatic (29411)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt Wow, that is awful. A six story tree could really cause some damage.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
29 Mar 16
@JamesHxstatic its fortunate that all the trees that have come down on their own have fallen in the spot where the arborist would have felled them.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
5 Apr 16
We were fortunate that it didn't hit anything or anyone as it fell. The PSW commented that she will never forget the sucking sound the tree made as it tipped over beside her.
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@JudyEv (357209)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr 16
@Morleyhunt That sounds like too close for comfort to me!
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@kaka135 (14970)
• Malaysia
29 Mar 16
The wind is so strong! I wonder if the pine tree can still be rescued.
Sometimes the trees in the park nearby my house fall down because of the storm as well, I always feel sad when seeing the trees down, especially big trees. It took them so long to grow until this big.
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@kaka135 (14970)
• Malaysia
5 Apr 16
@Morleyhunt Sorry for that. I guess there were really a lot to clean up.
@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
30 Mar 16
The tree cannot be saved. The roots were torn out of the ground. This afternoon my husband started the tedious job of cleaning up the mess.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
30 Mar 16
Until my three year old granddaughter pointed it out, I had never thought of pine cones and carrots looking similar.
@BelleStarr (61417)
• United States
30 Mar 16
Wow I am sorry you ost your tree. Three years ago when a hurricane struck our area I watch a huge oak tree uproot and fall in my backyard, it was mind-boggling.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
31 Mar 16
We have lost several trees to the strong winds over the last few years.
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@jillybean1222 (6407)
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29 Mar 16
yikes! hope it didn't harm anything in its fall
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
29 Mar 16
We have a small pond where the tree stood. No damage to buildings, cars or people.
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@PainsOnSlate (21846)
• Canada
28 Mar 16
That is sad but we see that often with pines, they don't send their roots far enough down to save them in a storm. I'm going to go and see whay there are carrots in your tree
Can't find it, why are there carrots in your tree...
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@PainsOnSlate (21846)
• Canada
28 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt Thanks for the line, it was a cute story....
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
28 Mar 16
This is the link to the post I wrote back in January .
Three year olds can be exhausting. They have boundless energy, endless curiosity, and in Sandra's case a wonderful imagination. Yesterday she accompanied me...
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@Morethanamom (1948)
• Canada
28 Mar 16
That wind is strong. It is howling in the chimney. I hope any others that come down do not cause any damage.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
28 Mar 16
The howling in the chimney is pretty incredible. Would like the wind to die down a bit.
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@andriaperry (118747)
• Anniston, Alabama
28 Mar 16
We dont have wind like that but I have seen this happen after several days of rain.,
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
28 Mar 16
It has been very wet and now extremely windy. Two trees are down now. If the wind keeps up I expect a couple that are leaning are coming down next.
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@andriaperry (118747)
• Anniston, Alabama
28 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt I wish you safety. It is scary.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
28 Mar 16
wow good it didn't hit anything, Now you have lots and lots of firewood.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
28 Mar 16
Pine doesn't make good firewood, but the ash tree that came down behind the house is.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
28 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt If you dry the pine for a year or so it's burns rather nicely, and smells wonderful.
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@zebra2222 (5268)
• United States
29 Mar 16
Just a little windy can do a great deal of damage.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52805)
• United States
29 Mar 16
We only had a gentle breeze today.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
29 Mar 16
A gentle breeze is good. Gale force winds are a bit damaging.
@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
29 Mar 16
In our place, If trees are crashing in the ground, then major winds coming in or maybe a typhoon strikes.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
29 Mar 16
Windy is my worst weather feature because of the danger- be careful and look for live wires.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
29 Mar 16
Our powerlifting Es were intact. The power lines run about 30 m west and 50 m north of where the tree came down.
@LindaCPearson (2240)
• United States
29 Mar 16
We had a very windy night several weeks ago here in CT, USA. I lost a huge branch off my pine tree and one of my gutters is hanging off my roof. I really don't like wind. It can be so destructive.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
29 Mar 16
We are accustomed to a lot of wind. This morning it sprung up quickly and unexpectedly. The wind just screamed around the house. We lost three trees in a short period of time. There are two more that are leaning enough that really they need to be taken down.
