Otherwise possibly known as The Wrath of the Plains have become a thing in Texas. I have noticed this phenomena over the past four years or so. In the Springtime we have exceptionally high velocity, straight line winds that break large trees mainly. The smaller trees are more flexible, and bend with the wind. But those crusty, old, large trees don't move as good, and snap. This years causality is the last Bradfod Pear Tree. It was usually stunning in the Springtime.
For a week or ten days it was covered with perfect white blossoms that looked like Popcorn. We had two of these in front until 2021. This one was budding, and fixing to Pop when the Prairie-Cane got it, and snapped it off at the trunk. The wind was reportedly 85 mph.
The wind was extremely loud that morning so there was noise coming from every direction. The doggy door was blown horizontal, and the wind coming in the doggy door blew leaves all the way across the living room. It was also dark, maybe about 5:30 AM, so I couldn't really see what was outside until sunrise. We went out the front door for our walk a little later, and found this (above).
The new roof fared well. The wind was directly from the west and pushed the tree due east. So the tree fell almost completely in the yard (above). It didn't hit the house, and its also not on the sidewalk, or in the street. That is a pretty lucky shot for a Prairie-Cane, this is usually much more messy. If I was to compare this to what happened to my Oak Tree in back last year. It was like the Oak Tree exploded, and there were little bits of Oak Tree everywhere.
OK, well, maybe no more Bradford Pears. This could have been a serious liability if it happened in the daytime. I should make a Chile Garden in that spot because it has light all day long. Ooo... Tomatoes...
