the tree incident

we've got a few pretty big trees in our back yard. one is a giant hackberry in the back corner that was in two main sections (the operative word here is "was"). one section leaned out over the intersection of 53rd and Virginia Ave. after a brief yet strong storm yesterday afternoon, this half came creaking and crashing down onto the street, snapping a secondary electrical wire and crushing a section of our fence.

thankfully, no one got crushed or electrocuted or otherwise maimed. our neighbor behind us (who owns mojo burrito) heard it coming down, and in his jolly way, gave out a big old "I told you so." he had a pretty clear view of the rotted out trunk, so he knew it was going to come down sooner or later.

there was lots of sparks flying from the electrical line, and all manner of trucks came out to clean up the mess. this of course delighted Dave's 3-year-old, who's pretty much obsessed with fire trucks and whatnot. anyway, all the mess was quickly and expertly cleaned up long before I got home.

unfortunately, there yet remains a north half of the tree, and there's no telling how rotten it may be. and since it's pretty much right over our neighbor's house and car, it really needs to come down. so far the low bid from the tree guys is $850. one of them said the remaining tree is about 6 tons! we're praying that the electrical company will take care of it since there is a secondary line underneath the tree. apparently they're sending someone out, so we shall see.

there are a few pictures here if you wanna see. more to come if and when I get the time to take and post a few more.