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<br /> 2 e 4/11/q1 Patricia Fuller and her family visit the house that was hit by a tree on New Year's Eve in 1996.The house was later rebuilt.
<br /> HEY ARE THE neighbors you didn't expect to A season for blow-down and windfall—the long, least one serious injury.
<br /> drop in. soggy months stretching from late November until April About two-thirds of that damage has been accrued in
<br /> The towering redwood that crunches a living that will Inevitably send urban trees tumbling,as sure as the past three years,and it seems to just keep coming.
<br /> room.The Douglas fir that pierces a bedroom winter rain. Blustery late-winter storms this February and March
<br /> ceiling,as abrupt as a lightning bolt.The massive maple alone brought more than 10 reports of moderate-to•serious
<br /> that crashes into the kitchen. A stormy season property dalnage in the area—one last dramatic finale to
<br /> When the natural world topples into your home,there This has been a hard season for the urban forest, the tail-end of the century.
<br /> is something decidedly unnatural about the intrusion. tacked onto the end of a tough decade. Most years,the city of Eugene receives about half a
<br /> "It was like an earthquake,"recalled Rae Severson, Since 1990,utility and public safety reports indicate dozen claims from property owners seeking recompense
<br /> whose Cottage Grove rental was all but demolished when that more than 25 falling trees struck homes in and for damages from downed city trees.(In general,the city
<br /> a 60-foot-tall fir plunged into it back in December 1996. around town—incidents resulting in two deaths and at doesn't pay such requests,claiming discretionary
<br /> Severson had just made it inside with a few sacks of immunity.)
<br /> groceries when her house shuddered with an ee , r r Since last November,the city has already had nine
<br /> otherworldly force.Fumbling for a flashlight,a weak &WI claims—six occurring within a tlu•ee-day period.
<br /> beam revealed branches splayed in the entryway she had f-Jt @e j f,Jj
<br /> {G / Most often,our giant conifers are the culprit.Caught
<br /> passed through only seconds earlier. �2{ u 1t,Ix r (I in gusty winter winds,with little protection from naked
<br /> "It took out the whole side of the house I had just ,,W✓'s/ 2,}IIF tt-�amei deciduous trees,our mammoth firs and cedars behave
<br /> walked into,"she said,still amazed by it three years -.,..""- 4 1�� -""{� like massive schooners,canopies absorbing a tremendous
<br /> later."Quite an experience." +r '�'fs ��It'P ' force.
<br /> Walls knocked out of kilter.Foundation driven into s /j"g�rj"(1 for:iu7� _ .- : Just as the trees are unique,so is the problem.Go to
<br /> the ground.Floors sloping at angles that rivaled a circus lir' .7,�,t c.' national conferences in urban forests and issues of
<br /> funhouse. ! t N x3f q ' i 3` _`...,q, ... dominate.
<br /> i ,� 7 1ti7��-f � ,� I � 1 i blow-down and tree failure just don't the
<br /> Little could have prepared her for the powerful (i t�i ' r e ,..,:',4,t' , t,i'',!;0.,f.,; agenda.But live in Eugene,and you catch on fast.
<br /> incongruity—the outside world suddenly deposited ' +J f,f) d�f " ' t11 i'" ,- Mark Snyder,Eugene's new urban forester,arrived
<br /> inside her home.In a moment,Severson had joined a I r;'f{I IL r;i( c ,i.;; this February to a crash course in it."My first day on the
<br /> strange,exclusive club:Oregon homeowners who ,i ; ,, i,• W _ job,my boss said,'Grab a pair of boots,we're going to
<br /> experience property damage wrought by the very trees 1.,,,...1'.,i,',;.,i,'.,,,,111.,".' i — Hendricks Park,'"he said,recalling his awe at the size of
<br /> they have often J [: k --��
<br /> grown to love. T downed timber at the park,which has already lost about
<br /> For some,it feels like a betrayal.For others,a simple ;•,,,,,.,rY { . 20 trees to windstorms this year.
<br /> dose of bad luck—the gamble that comes with choosing . '' i.-...... •'-...-1--d. -.;'--.------,--."'-----,. "Coming from the East Coast,you see the difference,'
<br /> glorious,gigantic trees as your closest neighbors. Rae Severson moved into a new home built by her
<br /> Yet each year,it is destined to happen.Tree failure, -- landlord after her damaged house was torn down. Turn to TREES,Page 2G
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