Flying~Squirrel
Participating member
- Location
- VT/NH
A familiar name from tree focus, right? I'll hit him up.
Helene
- Thread starter oldoakman
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He is a very good friend and needs some good hands. Reach out in Treefocus. Seen your post but PM him.
Stumpsprouts
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Asheville
As of today I found we are awash in talent of all kind. I’m starting to tell people, even pros, not to come. There’s enough cooks in the kitchen.
We went up to penland to do some volunteer tree work and got turned away from some places, and other places it just didn’t make sense to do without a crane. Lives are not at stake as far as tree work goes in most cases and we can turn down the volume a little bit and make sure everyone is insured and experienced.
Need to get some chaps on all these chainsaw cowboys that are all over the place. Luckily there’s some coming from all kinds of folks. Steve Connely brought some down, the dude.
Eating ice cream again.
We went up to penland to do some volunteer tree work and got turned away from some places, and other places it just didn’t make sense to do without a crane. Lives are not at stake as far as tree work goes in most cases and we can turn down the volume a little bit and make sure everyone is insured and experienced.
Need to get some chaps on all these chainsaw cowboys that are all over the place. Luckily there’s some coming from all kinds of folks. Steve Connely brought some down, the dude.
Eating ice cream again.
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davidwyby
Branched out member
- Location
- PNW to SoCal
I’ve used Telehandlers quite a bit for getting trees down and off houses etc
Awesome to hear.
Treezybreez
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Lancaster, SC
By the time I arrived the locust had already descended and taken care of all the trees on the roads. Folks didn’t want trees cut off their houses until after the insurance adjusters had a chance to see it first. There was a lot of chaos, especially amongst the town leadership. I was able to get some food and water to the right people. Right now, there is a surplus in many locations, but they are concerned about a month from now when everyone stops giving. Met a guy from Alabama who did not have chaps. Well, he does now (thanks for the heads up Stumpsprouts).
davidwyby
Branched out member
- Location
- PNW to SoCal
I'm hearing another storm is on it's way...?
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
Milton...west coast of Florida
ATH
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Findlay, Ohio
Currently 180 MPH sustained winds.... Category 5 starts at 157 MPH.
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
Residents in AVL/WNC area lining up to get Lineman's clothes to wash and dry for them
Stumpsprouts
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Asheville
Those linemen are working their tails off. Had to build god damn near the whole power line grid back up.Residents in AVL/WNC area lining up to get Lineman's clothes to wash and dry for them
Stories abound.
My dear friend and experienced arborist broke her foot slipping on a roof yesterday doing free tree work for a friend. Had to have surgery and metal in it.
Saw lots of big budget crews today from out of town. Had some real fun toys that made me feel like a caveman. We had a 40 ton but it wasn’t gonna do us good for most of what we rolled up to today. It was disheartening to say the least but we did get a little something done. Some of these roads I am sure a tornado touched down because there are multiple large failures on every single property and several trees on most houses.
I hope your friend recovers well, and stay safe yourself. I've never been around a big storm like this or its cleanup, I'd love to see some photos of the kind of tree work that needs doing and some of these big crews equipment who specialize in it.
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
I watched a vid of helo dangling a grapple saw from the end of a leash. Quite the machine....and pilot!
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
Aye, saw that one too. Certainly a real life claw machine, I’ve never gotten anything out of those damn things!
Z'sTrees
Branched out member
- Location
- Hartsel CO
Certain spots around here are like that too, fewer uproots and more twisted and broken off trees... tomorrow is gonna be an interesting day. There's pretty much nothing left to tie into and no crane access.
So many trees on houses here or ones that are partially failed and ready to fall during the next gust of wind.
The trees I can wrap my head around but the landslides and washout are insane. I know Asheville has it worse than up here, stay safe dude!
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
Shit seeing 225mph gusts…. That is unfathomable. Apparently its being fueled by consuming another storm in the area, essentially one big shit demon… Hope it calms down a bit before hitting.
That little eye is damn insane. But the barometric pressure is off the charts and dropping. Scale soon won't be able to measure. I have friends that are not evacuating as they are 3 miles inland. Me if I had a choice would run.....no one wants to experience that wrath if they have a choice.
ATH
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Findlay, Ohio
I agree with running!
But the good news is the sustained winds are down to "only" 145 (from 180) and the barometric pressure went from 26.74 to 27.43 since last night... Hopefully it weakens more in next 24 hours.
Matias
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Butte County
I had already starting planning my move to California in late 2004, but it took me a year to make all the preparations, which had me living in Palm Beach County through til Christmas of 2005. That hurricane season had me wondering how much longer people would stay there before the population generally started to move away and stop rebuilding that abomination. The history of Florida is really fucked up, and most of where people live now used to be uninhabitable; basically all wetlands. The first peoples of Florida never bothered to built permanent structures because hurricanes would inevitably destroy them,
much like the early attempts at building in Californias central valley, where storms would come every 15-25 years and flood the valley under 10-20 feet of water.
Both places, and many others where millions of people live where effectively "created" by the federal bureau of reclamation. There are so many places that will suffer exponentially more than others because they were built in places where it was never safe to build. They try to dredge out canals and build dams, but they are all built as cheaply as possible by the lowest bidders.
I don't know what the point of saying all this is, but I worry about the millions upon millions of people who are all one major disaster away from having their entire life turned upside down.
much like the early attempts at building in Californias central valley, where storms would come every 15-25 years and flood the valley under 10-20 feet of water.
Both places, and many others where millions of people live where effectively "created" by the federal bureau of reclamation. There are so many places that will suffer exponentially more than others because they were built in places where it was never safe to build. They try to dredge out canals and build dams, but they are all built as cheaply as possible by the lowest bidders.
I don't know what the point of saying all this is, but I worry about the millions upon millions of people who are all one major disaster away from having their entire life turned upside down.
