http://paulandemily.com/gallery 17 photos in 1 album en-US Mon, 25 May 2026 02:20:32 +0000 Gallery 1.5, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/Downed-tree/tree_roots_001.thumb.jpg http://paulandemily.com/gallery 144 107 http://paulandemily.com/gallery/Downed-tree 3d0750eac03e287b3028aaa827d580e4 Sun, 07 Feb 2016 21:27:37 +0000 http://paulandemily.com/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Downed-tree http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/Downed-tree/tree_roots_001.thumb.jpg http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/Downed-tree/tree_roots_001.jpg http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/Downed-tree/tree_roots_001.thumb.jpg 107 144 On Sunday, 2 April 2006, O'Fallon experienced the first tornado since we came here in 1989. One of the side effects of that tornado (an F2) was very high winds along its path. Those winds blew over a 110 foot tall oak tree in our back yard. Fortunately for our neighbors, their 100 foot tall oak caught it. Had that second tree not been there, our tree would have landed on and crushed their just replaced roof. We contacted a tree removal service that night. They came on Monday to check it and give us an estimate. You don't want to know how much it cost but the tree removal company owner said it was the most dangerous one he had ever attempted to take down is his 12 years of doing that work. The crew arrived Tuesday morning at 8:00am and didn't leave until 8:00pm that night. While we are still smarting from the expense (USAA would not cover it unless it hit a structure!!), I can appreciate the dangerous part of the job much more after watching them work.