The real mess will come with all of the mature trees that haven’t battled a rain soaked ground and 100mph winds. It’s going to be a nightmare in many neighborhoods along the seaboard.
There will be a large supply of firewood available this winter. Prolly a shortage of chainsaws in the near future.
You're so right. Trees grow really tall in some of these areas. I'm pretty worried about the 100 foot tulip poplars surrounding our house. They're poorly rooted trees, and we've already had a lot of rain here in SE Pennsylvania. We can deal with power outages, but trees falling on the house or cars are a problem, to say nothing of the 6-8 inches of rain in our forecast. We've had trees fall on or near the house during Bertha, Floyd, Isobel, and during nor'easters. This time of year, they're in full leaf so the winds will be brutal on them. The generators and chain saw are ready . . .