While we were very lucky the first time part of the tree fell, we were as lucky this time… but it could have been much worse.

The first part of the tree that fell a while back completely missed the house and just smashed the gate next to it. However, this time, the main [...]]]>

While we were very lucky the first time part of the tree fell, we were as lucky this time… but it could have been much worse.

The first part of the tree that fell a while back completely missed the house and just smashed the gate next to it. However, this time, the main part of the tree hit the house straight on. The first picture show the initial fall of the tree onto the house… it hit the roof over the master bedroom, and luckily didn’t break the sliding glass door. We then started an emergency clear of some of the branches. Working feverishly, we removed some of the branches that were threatening the sliding glass door. Just as we finished doing that, the main part of the trunk that was leaning up against the stump began to shift in a wind gust causing the entire tree to rotate. As you can see in the second picture, this caused the collapse of the deck railing. Luckily, it lifted the mass of the tree up off of the roof… and other then some damages shingles, it looks like no structural damage to the house itself.

We are not sure how we are going to take down the larger branches since they are leaning on the fence and over into the neighbours yard.