Here's a fear I never experienced before moving to Oregon:

[Arugula Latte]

That I will be instantly and gruesomely killed when, during a windy day such as today, a gi-normous 50- or 60- or 70- or 80-foot-tall tree falls on my house and crushes me. :scared:

[kwassa]

1. It happens everywhere

here in Maryland after Hurricane Isabella, and we are way inland. Our neighbor lost big trees in the front and back of the house, but neither hit the house. One was about 80 feet tall, fell neatly across the backyard.

[Arugula Latte]

2. Yikes.

Close call ...

[MissB]

3. I hear you.

I have about 8 reallly reallly reallly tall fir trees in one area of my property. Super tall. The base of one of them dwarfs my car.

But mostly the winds come in from the east, so I wouldn't expect one of them to fall on my house. We do get some big limbs down when it blows - 4 to 6 inch diameter limbs can't be too good for a car. I avoid parking in that driveway at this time of year. Funny thing is, I never hear them crack and fall at night.


edited to correct number. 8 not 80 :rofl:

[XemaSab]

4. Two fears I never had before moving to Redding:

That the dam would fail and a 250-foot-high wall of water would descend on my house crushing me.

That Shasta would blow and the dam would fail and.... yeah. :(

[Deep13]

5. What's that cracking noise?

:wow:

[MadHound]

6. Oh that's nothing, come on down to tornado alley here

Not only will an eighty foot tree fall on your house, but another one will come through your front wall, all the while your house is being picked up and deposited a few dozen, or hundred yards away.

Tornados are just too cool:evilgrin:

[Arugula Latte]

7. Wow.

You people really know how to live! :woohoo:

[MadHound]

8. Oh, I'm a bit of a strange one

I love big powerful storms. Something about the energy, the power of the storms is just too cool. And apparently I'm not the only one around here. The tornado sirens go off, and about a quarter of the population immediately head outside in order to watch the storm come in.

Luckily I've never been hurt by one, and the worst damage I've received is having the car port ripped off. But I've seen the damage that such storms can do. It really is quite cool, that much power, though you do realize that it completely devestates a family or person.

[Bridget Burke]

9. Hurricanes are Hell on trees.

Luckily, you usually have enough warning to get away.

Rita gave Houston a near miss--just one pretty windy night. The next morning, leaves, twigs, branches & limbs littered the neighborhood. Next door, half a tree crushed a fence--not a roof!