bad news--at Twil's house a couple weeks ago, a tall, heavy, dead tree in the backyard of a neighbor broke and almost smashed into her house. notice the chain link fence just to the left of the wooden trellis/gate.
good news--it was a glancing blow so the house isn't seriously hurt.
bad news--it was raining steadily as I cut it into pieces. I didn't finish until after dark.
good news--didn't hurt myself.
bad news--at 4:19 this morning another large section of the trunk with large branches came down. the yellow post on the far left is a 4x4. #2 is about 10 inches in diameter, and #3 is about 20 inches in diameter.
good news--this piece also missed the house as far as I can tell.
bad news--it didn't miss the fence though. this piece dealt the coup de grace to the fence. just past the fence is the hole where the top of the tree speared into the ground.
