Usually hurricane winds will uproot trees. Trees snapped off ten feet off the ground are from tornadic winds. When a hurricane has winds as strong as this one, there’s not much difference between the two.Storm researchers look at things like ground scouring and bark scouring to determine winds speeds and types of wind(straight line, cyclonic. This one will be studied closely
The photo of the bent over trees is something else.
Figment, would love to read what the scientists conclude after studying those trees. I feel a kind of pride that those trees refused to give ground. Resistors!