Same thing for me EXACTLY 21 years ago today!
Hurricane Opal. Max gust of 95 MPH far inland at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery.
Lost lots of beautiful pines and pecans. Big crash in middle of night. Saw pine needles/branches up against house thru bedroom window. At sun up, my favorite pine was JUST barely touching the house; missed crushing us!
Nothing quite as frightening as a nighttime hurricane. As for pecans—the old tree in the front yard sheds at least one 15+ft limb during every storm season. They sure are brittle trees for storm prone locales. Then too, we never get pecans off that tree. The squirrels grab ‘em all every year.