You ain’t just whistling Dixie we did and unfortunately the trees were still leafed out. Disaster!
Wait! Where are you, Wita? And, are you talking about the blizzard, or what? The tropical storm did not hit the mainland. The blizzard did do a number on the trees. My editor at American Clarion, Bob Ellis, posted this from his home: http://www.americanclarion.com/24349/2013/10/06/the-2013-fall-blizzard-of-western-south-dakota/