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To: Crocodile who wrote (35847)	8/19/1999 9:03:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

We get two a year as a rule. Weak trees don't last long. Birch trees, if they don't have bores are very flexible. Same with willows. It's the nice trees that get broken. I read about your big one, New England really got wiped out. We had one like that in '79 and many tree lined streets aren't now. Still doesn't look right. <<It actually knocked over a large number of the big metal hydro towers. >> Here, we rely on the tornadoes to get that done. Usually the day before we need the air conditioning.

To: Crocodile who wrote (35847)	8/19/1999 9:29:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

All that sugar maple must be livening up a fireplace or two around your parts. We used to get ice storms that left every twig with a tiny crystal sheath; next day would be clear and so bright the glare off the snow would hurt your eyes. The trees looked amazing, like giant crystal chandeliers with 1000 watt bulbs. I used to like that; also tracking deer, just for the hell of it, in new snow. There is no quiet like a newly snowed forest, and if you see a crisp track you know it's new. I miss it a little, then I think of slush, and digging out the car, and freezing rain, etc. And I stay where I am.