The pines break in Cat2+ wind speeds. The pine forests in the Panhandle I-10 medians just west of Tallahassee are still wiped clean from Michael.
Here in Georgia, GDOT has had a program going for a few years now where they’ve been clear cutting Interstate right of ways so they don’t have as many tree clearing problems in a big storm. I forget which hurricane caused them to do it, but I am all for it!