upROOTED
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
Philippines
September 23, 2018 5:57pm CST
Good Monday morning to all.
A weather disturbance is approaching our place once again but it is still so far from our city. Hopefully it won't change course so it will exit in the island of Batanes on Friday.
We have not yet finished burning the dry leaves and cut the uprooted trees. The picture I attached here is the uprooted moringa tree at our backyard. The roots are not deep in the ground so with the winds blowing, it quickly tumbled down.
We still have the sturdier moringa tree at the outside of my sister's room.
Do you have any uprooted trees after a weather disturbance?
8 people like this
8 responses
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
yes it did not. it is a bit far from our house but we dreaded if it will fall over the cemented fence. it withstood the 2016's typhoon, we felt this typhoon had stronger rains.
1 person likes this
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
@ridingbet good thing it did not fall on the cemented fence. We did not felt it much here just in the early mornings but the power was out for 12 hours in our area. Unlike in typhoon Haiyan, we really felt it here.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
yes that is true. this moringa tree was an appendage of the big moringa tree near my sister's room. nobody dug the soil to plant it, that is why the roots are not so deep.
@LadyDuck (457331)
• Switzerland
24 Sep 18
@ridingbet The government takes care to remove the uprooted trees. Those that were uprooted last Monday have all already been removed.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
@LadyDuck that is nice. here, they do it in priority. the garbage in front of our gate was just collected after 4 days, if not for the local official who is our neighbor, who saw the trash nearly covering half of the road already.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
does your local government remove the uprooted trees within your area, or are they left alone?
1 person likes this
@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
27 Sep 18
@ridingbet I hope all will be well with the weather! So all can travel with peace of mind.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 Sep 18
@bluesa my son often messages me telling me he is fine there.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
just a few minutes ago, a very strong rain and winds came, we thought the latest typhoon is making its presence felt. now, the rain is gone, winds are also gone. Paeng is near Batanes now, and hopefully the weather will be good when my son and the rest of the students will be going to the far northern town,
1 person likes this
@DianneN (246334)
• United States
24 Sep 18
@ridingbet I haven't seen any that flew either. They typically fall over, and many are uprooted due to shallow root structure.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
yes, trees get uprooted in very strong typhoons. but here, i have not yet heard or saw news about uprooted trees that flew because of the severe winds blowing.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
@DianneN our tree did not fall to the left side, so it spared our cemented fence. if not, there might have been closed pathway in that area.
1 person likes this
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
Branches of trees are all over the place. I have seen acacia and narra tree but not in our town.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
the mango tree in front of our house is nearly bald as well, and the twigs and branches are all on the grounds though some are already collected by the garbage disposal trucks.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
@ilocosboy many more typhons should not be named in future weather disturbances again. 
1 person likes this
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
Indeed typhoon Ompong is so cruel. His name will be ousted.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
thankfully, Paeng is now heading towards the farthest island of Batanes. Queenie is also in Mindanao skies.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
i think 16 more tyhpoons may visit our country before the year ends.
while i had my bath several minutes ago, my sister listened to the weather news and she told me Paeng is located near Aparri, Cagayan, and hopefully, will go father and proceed to Taiwan. we are keeping our fingers crossed the typhoon will be gone.
1 person likes this
