Severe weather can have a lasting impact on your home and the trees in the surrounding landscape. Tearing winds and penetrating rains work together, softening soils and overturning trees. Lightning strikes generate heath that vaporizes water within the tree, causing wood to split and bark to explode. During a storm, the failure of part or all of one mature tree may cause significant damage to personal property or utility lines.
Tree owners can follow these steps to help ensure a safe and effective response to tree-related storm damage:
- Assess the damages
- Take safety precautions
- Resist the urge to do it yourself
- Hire an ISA Certified Arborist
