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| Thankfully the green ribbon means the tree is alive & stays put. |
I walked out a few mornings ago to the rumble
of nine trucks driving down our street.
The buzz of the saws could be heard all day.
From one end of Alele to the other trees
on the right-of-way are coming down
because they will eventually fall on the power lines.
Everyone waves to the workers
and this fellow is waving back at me.
We are so thankful they are here.
The job is enormous.
This group came from Houston, but
they have been imported by Asplundi from
all over the country.
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| One of the many holes left when the trunk & roots completely burned. |
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| Bobcat. |
The mechanical bobcat has been pounding
the foundation of this house all afternoon.
Evidently the foundation is not good enough
to rebuild on and will have to be pounded to bits
and hauled away like the rest of the house.
The retaining wall is behind the bobcat.
To the left is a burned & felled oak tree
that was probably 100 years old, maybe older.
The mighty oak fell.
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| Pine tree root ball & extensions. |
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| The fellow in this truck is an arborist from Ohio. |
He is going along the power lines as assessing
the viability of the trees.
One orange line means the tree will be observed
and if it looks like its in danger of falling
on the power lines a second orange line
will be drawn and a crew will come to remove it.
These trees are all over the county.
The effort is massive
hence so many people coming
from far away to help.
8 comments:
I can just imagine how many years it took for these trees to grow and made the place lovely and how long it will take again to have them replaced. Sad but let's all look for a brighter side.
Take care!
JJRod'z
"Massive" is probably a bit of an understatement at this point.
What about your neighbors who lost their homes. Are any of them planning to rebuild?
Leslie, I am not sure about what the neighbors are planning to do. I have heard that a couple plan to rebuild and one more is thinking about it. Most do not plan to rebuild, but will move on to another life. The neighbor nearest us has already purchased a new home on the other side of town, but may do something with the property. One couple who still have their home may rent it out rather than live here. Everything is in limbo for many people.
JJ, the "brighter side" is a little hard to see just now. I am hoping for a covering of green winter rye on the forest floor and then planting native grasses & wildflowers for the spring. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Hi Cheryl
I imagine you will hear the sound of machinery and bobcats for quite some time...and then hammers... but it is a good sound when you know it means things are progressing, your neighbourhood coming back to life...
Hi Cheryl so nice to meet, you, i love it that you are from Texas, i was in New Mexico last winter and didn't make it to Texas, but will when there is a next time.
That is quite the story! My heart goes out to you and all affected. As you might have noticed i am not such an active blogger anymore, but i love it for meeting people like you.
Hi Cheryl so nice to meet, you, i love it that you are from Texas, i was in New Mexico last winter and didn't make it to Texas, but will when there is a next time.
That is quite the story! My heart goes out to you and all affected. As you might have noticed i am not such an active blogger anymore, but i love it for meeting people like you.
i even forgot how this works :) when i commented twice, i trust you will delete this one.
jozien, so glad you stopped by. I love to go to New Mexico; we were in the Pendaries Valley for a week just at the end of summer and arrived home just a week before the wildfires. We also love to stay in Taos in the summer, very pleasant.
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