A good chunk of our beloved willow tree fell victim to nature's fury, literally before our very eyes as we watched through torrential sheets of rain hammering the back door. Unfortunately, the downed branches also took out the hydro line to the barns, and importantly, a freezer full of food.
On the plus side, the line pulled away from the house (source) end, rather than the pole, so the line was dead as soon as it happened.....a live wire in a bunch of puddles could have been far more interesting! We were able to run three extension cords from the house and just have enough reach to power the freezer overnight.
Luckily, help arrived the next morning - first, a local electrician got the power line back in order. With that safely out of the way, we began cleaning up the downed branches, and had just cleared the driveway portion away when our "tree guy" arrived.
Proving that size does indeed matter, his much larger chainsaws made short work of the rest of the chunk, and we chipped everything right where it fell. Then he tackled the remaining pillar of tree where the damage occurred, and took down an additional seven feet or so of massive willow trunk for future safety.
It sucks to lose a piece of the willow, but it could have been so much worse!
Weepil takes a hit
Power line down and trapped underneath
Earl doesn't seem too concerned....though he hasn't moved in a while either....
Chip it....chip it good!
Clean up in the hot sun
Brad to the rescue!
Let me just move this out of the way.....
The morning after
The line even pulled a little siding away
Timberrrrrr!
....and it was tree......
....tree fallin'
All fixed up!
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