Neil, Beautiful but destructive. I bet you eagerly await summer.
JP On Feb 28, 11:20 am, neil <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi ENTS, > > Although this is technically February [and essentially March], I wanted > to share some images from the KY Ice Storm from the last week of January > '09. I hadn't experienced an ice storm as severe as this one and it was > fun listening to and seeing how different trees responded to the ice. I > will not forget the persimmon next to my kitchen window just pop all > night on the 27th and rain branches down onto my roof or side of the > house. I left town when my power went out on the 28th and missed the > next few days. My 89.8 yr old neighbor told me the real damage to the > trees would come after the ice melted and the trees snapped back. There > did seem to be more damage when I returned to town. > > The silver maples were hit hard. But looking at the before and after > pictures, it is amazing to see how many feet the outer branches sagged > and sprung back. > > Some red maples were completely smashed, like this one on campus. > > The river birches next to the library were waylaid! It was pretty in > the middle of them. They have since been cut. > > I made it out to central Kentucky and Mammoth Caves the last couple of > days. I didn't make it into Big Woods yet to see how much damaged it > might have experienced - hope to visit in the fall. The ice damage to > portions of Central KY that I saw were something. Mammoth Caves Nat. > Park lost power for a few days, too. > > The cedars and pines took it real hard. Angiosperms were hit fairly > hard as well, but seemed to be less disturbed. These pictures are the > worst. Most of the forest, like those in the bottom of the Green River > watershed seemed to have less damage. > > Wish there was time to do a species review of damage. Would be very > interesting. > > neil > > AcrossStreetDuring.jpg > 75KViewDownload > > AfterAcrossStreet.jpg > 87KViewDownload > > SilverMapleDuring.jpg > 112KViewDownload > > silverMapleAfter.jpg > 150KViewDownload > > flattenedRedMapleIceStorm.jpg > 131KViewDownload > > BirchOverboard.jpg > 91KViewDownload > > BentBirchPanCrop.jpg > 103KViewDownload > > coniferousCatastrophe.jpg > 109KViewDownload > > AngiospermAnguishCrop.jpg > 106KViewDownload > > GreenRiverFerry.jpg > 88KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
