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I will be sitting here a bit afraid tonight when it is blowing. I reported over on the storm thread too, that the winds kicked up a little last night, and one 8 inch diam. tree behind me snapped. I can tell now that it was sick inside.

I have one big hemlock about 16 in diameter in the yard that is my main concern because he is upwind and only about 15 feet from the house. Hemlocks fall over naturally about this age. They don't get much bigger than this guy. I should have it taken out. I am not that worried about the bigger firs, they will break limbs, but they won't come down. And the Cedars never break.

Hemlocks just have little finger roots. When the ground is this saturated, they just rot out and pull loose from the ground.

EEEEK!

I live in a double-wide mobile. Any tree would smash it flat. The barn has nice big timbers in it. Maybe I will go sleep with the horses!