These ice storms are hell, they weigh trees down and then they crash to the ground. I took out five trees early this fall because they were leaning to get sunlight and had stretched across the entire yard perilously, four of the five would certainly have come down right across my power line once the ice weighed them down and the other may very well have have done the same although it stood straight up at the time. I called OG&E and had em drop my power line so the trees could come down and the same day they had it back up, a tree I was not too concerned about dropped a large limb that did in fact bounce off the line and luckily it stayed up. A few years ago the line was hit and the meter and all were detached from the house when the line came down, cost me a small fortune with $1000 deductible insurance. My fence and a trailer were smashed as was the corner of my minibike project storage shed, no minibikes were damaged luckily but one of my mini boats may have some damage but I can't get to it just yet. A few days of chainsaw work and I'll be able to better access the damage then call AAA who is my insurance carrier and see what they'll cover. I plan to just take all the freakin' trees close to structures down eventually but the problem is they are granddaddy oaks and very tall and heavy. I actually had trees trimmed about 3yrs ago by the crews working to clear the power company lines, I offered them cash to do the non ordered work and they gladly accepted so they did a lot of work that had it not been done my new shop and my home would have suffered a lot of damage. I hope nobody else here got damage and if they do I hope they are insured like I am, a grand deductible sucks but there is a bunch of damage so it'll be worth it to have paid my premiums.
I'll post some pics once I'm able to go outside without branches dropping.
I'll post some pics once I'm able to go outside without branches dropping.
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