"this tree jumped out in front of me..."
Jun. 30th, 2006 08:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julesjonesLast night's emergency tree surgery activities went on until at least half midnight, althoughI think they probably did finish around the same time that I went to sleep. I've just been down to the end of the road to inspect the damage, and it appears that one of the big acacias along there simply snapped at the base and fell onto the road, possibly taking some of its friend with it. There is now a sad looking stump, and a pile of neatly cut up canopy blocking the bike lane. Presumably they decided to stop once they'd got the car lanes clear and safe. Normally I'd have things to say about consideration for cars but not bikes, but on the whole I'm quite glad they stopped when they did, and I'm sure the people living closer were even more glad.
The acacia next to the one that actually went does in fact have a heritage tree removal notice on it dating back a few weeks, and was due to be removed for a variety of reasons including it being liable to come down in the next high wind. (Any tree over a certain size, 2' circumference IIRC, can't be removed without a permit from the council, and a better reason than "I don't like the tree". There is an appeal period during which a notice is fixed to the tree so that people can object to the permit being granted.) It's possible that the late lamented was also slated for removal, but has beaten the council to it. The one still up has some fresh neatly trimmed branch stubs this morning, so either the falling tree took out a couple of limbs last night, or they looked at it and decided it was about to drop a branch or two and took pre-emptive action.
The stump is over two feet across, and the one still up is around twenty feet tall, so that was quite a lot of tree on the road last night.
The acacia next to the one that actually went does in fact have a heritage tree removal notice on it dating back a few weeks, and was due to be removed for a variety of reasons including it being liable to come down in the next high wind. (Any tree over a certain size, 2' circumference IIRC, can't be removed without a permit from the council, and a better reason than "I don't like the tree". There is an appeal period during which a notice is fixed to the tree so that people can object to the permit being granted.) It's possible that the late lamented was also slated for removal, but has beaten the council to it. The one still up has some fresh neatly trimmed branch stubs this morning, so either the falling tree took out a couple of limbs last night, or they looked at it and decided it was about to drop a branch or two and took pre-emptive action.
The stump is over two feet across, and the one still up is around twenty feet tall, so that was quite a lot of tree on the road last night.
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