Oh my, those sure aren’t happy tales of happy trees. Lawn death darts, just hanging around waiting for their chance. :(
Sounds like your upcoming move is a well-deserved change! Wishing you an easy and pleasant move.
All just part of the fun living surrounded by tall trees. We had an infestation of bark beetles that killed a lot of fir trees in our area a few years ago. I have a chainsaw with a 36 inch bar and wedges so I do not have much trouble cutting down dead big trees as long as they are not close to a structure. But climbing to the top to cut them down takes most of the day and is exhausting and painful when you are not used to wearing tree climbing spikes on a regular basis.