Tree Falling
This report came in from Jim and Dori Baggs:
This morning (Wed.), at 1:45 a.m. the large tree in the yard behind us crashed into the back of our house. We felt the house shake and heard a noise like an airplane crashing into our home. Those of you who have been in our backyard may remember the large oak at least 100ft. high that towers way way above our 3rd floor. Damage report...broken windows on the 2nd and 3rd floor, a hole in the back wall to the outside in our 3rd floor, backyard damage, roof damage, we are pretty certain due to the caving wall in our 3rd floor that we've sustained serious structural damage.
Praise...the window crashed in the 2nd floor bedroom with such force that glass is all over Cameron's bed and actually is by the wall on the opposite side of the room....Cameron for the first time in his life is at Camp Sankanac for the week and is not home. God is good. Praise...had the tree fallen a foot different on either side our bathroom and Cameron's room (both facing the back) would have been demolished. Praise...even though there is substantial damage we are not homeless.
The only thing keeping the huge trunk from crushing our homes (the twin attached to us has a tree limb through her bathroom window and similiar damage, and my other neighbor has some damage, though not as much)...is the large limbs that are resting on our roofs and backyards. If these branches give way the trunk is not far behind. This needs immediate attention... One tree company that came out to assess the situation today told us in order to remove this tree they would need to do it from the front of our homes. The back of the property in inaccessible to large machines. This means blocking our street, shutting down the electricity for the entire block, hiring a crane large enough to reach above the power lines, above our 3 story homes and over them to reach in the back to support the trunk of the tree while the branches are cut. These branches are like small trees they are that huge...
Please hold up this family in prayer.
This morning (Wed.), at 1:45 a.m. the large tree in the yard behind us crashed into the back of our house. We felt the house shake and heard a noise like an airplane crashing into our home. Those of you who have been in our backyard may remember the large oak at least 100ft. high that towers way way above our 3rd floor. Damage report...broken windows on the 2nd and 3rd floor, a hole in the back wall to the outside in our 3rd floor, backyard damage, roof damage, we are pretty certain due to the caving wall in our 3rd floor that we've sustained serious structural damage.
Praise...the window crashed in the 2nd floor bedroom with such force that glass is all over Cameron's bed and actually is by the wall on the opposite side of the room....Cameron for the first time in his life is at Camp Sankanac for the week and is not home. God is good. Praise...had the tree fallen a foot different on either side our bathroom and Cameron's room (both facing the back) would have been demolished. Praise...even though there is substantial damage we are not homeless.
The only thing keeping the huge trunk from crushing our homes (the twin attached to us has a tree limb through her bathroom window and similiar damage, and my other neighbor has some damage, though not as much)...is the large limbs that are resting on our roofs and backyards. If these branches give way the trunk is not far behind. This needs immediate attention... One tree company that came out to assess the situation today told us in order to remove this tree they would need to do it from the front of our homes. The back of the property in inaccessible to large machines. This means blocking our street, shutting down the electricity for the entire block, hiring a crane large enough to reach above the power lines, above our 3 story homes and over them to reach in the back to support the trunk of the tree while the branches are cut. These branches are like small trees they are that huge...
Please hold up this family in prayer.
posted by M Clark at 7/14/2005 05:12:00 PM
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