January 12th brought two and a half inches of rainfall to our area and late that night two giant trees fell over. We were very fortunate that they did not harm any buildings, but they did smash right through Fishing Bridge.
The smaller of the two trees that fell is an 80-year-old fir.
Here is the same tree on a nice sunny day a few years ago.
Looking down the hill toward the bridge.
Here are some pictures of the bridge before the tree fell (the bridge was under construction here, so there are no rails yet).
On the bridge a few weeks ago
The tree landed on the ramp that goes up to the bridge and smashed right through the middle of the span.
The larger tree that fell was farther from the school, right down next to the stream. The massive root ball pulled up creating a new pond.
The massive trunk is so heavy that it half buried itself in the mud when it fell.
The kids measured both trees. The smaller one is 134 feet and the big one, shown below, is 148 feet!
The smaller tree pinned down several vine maples and blocked the path down the side of the property, thankfully Uncle Scott came to the rescue. Scott skillfully removed rounds so the vine maples to stand up again. He also cut the trunk right at the base allowing the root ball to fall back into the ground. Thank you, Scott!
Michael, Tobin and the rest of the crew also worked on clean up. Thanks, team!
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