tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782792124434572025.post5630050750698332412..comments2024-01-05T14:03:34.310-05:00Comments on CityKin: Tree DownCityKinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068481950069401281noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782792124434572025.post-77351785134419991902009-02-17T21:04:00.000-05:002009-02-17T21:04:00.000-05:00that's across from our house! it fell just as i w...that's across from our house! it fell just as i was getting ready to leave for a job interview out of town...i tried not to take it as foreshadowing...khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00656343974483860615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782792124434572025.post-73257055989182687472009-02-17T15:58:00.000-05:002009-02-17T15:58:00.000-05:00I also think that many of them are reaching their ...I also think that many of them are reaching their typical life span. We were told (after a 50 ft branch dropped out of ours) that pin oaks have a life expectancy of about 80 years (about the age of our neighborhood, which is full of pin oaks). Unfortunately I have a feeling that we're going to see a wave of falling trees in neighborhoods of a certain age.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't help that keeping large trees healthy (i.e. having them trimmed periodically by an arborist) is pretty expensive. Neglect + age + drought = "Timber!"DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15038691937231952655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782792124434572025.post-54131337371197816442009-02-17T12:50:00.000-05:002009-02-17T12:50:00.000-05:00That's impressive. The droughts of the past years ...That's impressive. The droughts of the past years have silently and quietly done their damage. Hate to see those old sentinels go down.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238905633085051322noreply@blogger.com