We came home this afternoon to find that a tree in the front yard had completely uprooted and was laying across power lines - as a result of 60-70 mph winds. Fortunately - it didn't take the lines down and we still had power!
Duke-Energy came out and had a rough time getting it all down safely. First - they tried the cherry picker - that was a no-go because of the location of the lines and where our driveway was. So - they used a long saw-stick type thing to manually saw branches off the top. Once the branches were clear they were able to use a rope from the cherry picker to hold it as a man on the bottom sawed through the base of the tree.
Finally - it was all down and we were left with a mess! Remember the pics of the front that we posted not long ago - we were so proud of cleaning it all up . . . yep . . . this is the same front yard and once again - Duke-Energy left us with a mess!
As they finished - we noticed a tree in the backyard uprooting as well. Sure enough - it's on its way. But - because it's not hitting an actual power line - they can't touch it yet. If these winds keep up tonight - I'm sure they'll be back!
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