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It\u2019s the middle of the night. A storm system moves in and the rolling thunder wakes you. You look out the window to see how bad it is getting. That\u2019s when the fear sets in. \u201cThese Pines are swinging in the winds and they\u2019re going to come down on my roof.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, we\u2019re not all Arborists or tree work salespeople, so I doubt you hear this tale as often as I do, but I would venture to guess that even if you don\u2019t have Pine trees, you have heard someone share this same fear before. It\u2019s natural. A Pine tree, even smaller ones, are several tons of swinging, swaying, nightmare creating lumber. The news definitely does not help the situation. Every time a major storm hits (and I mean major storm with the sort of winds that come with category rankings not just speeds) it is as if the news van is sent out with one singular goal: find a Pine tree down on a house.<\/p>\n
In doing my diligent research to prepare to write this blog for you, I came upon the clearest way to say everything I hope to say in one succinct sentence – \u201cIn a windstorm, don\u2019t fear the trees that sway, fear the one that doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sing the praises of the Pine pretty regularly, both because I have a reasonable understanding of how the trees work, including the sway, and because I understand the overwhelming importance of the Pine tree in the overall landscape of America. Let\u2019s break both down a bit, then we\u2019ll cover a couple things to be on the lookout for that can tell you if you should be worried about your Pine.<\/p>\n
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Pine trees are built for this. Be it a breeze rolling through Cheaha Mountain in Alabama or a heavy coastal wind coming off the water in New England, Pine trees are made to sway in the wind.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not a scientist and won\u2019t pretend to be, it was honestly the worst of my core subjects all throughout my education, but the science on this one is fairly straightforward. \u201cSwaying is a tree\u2019s natural method for the dissipation of the energy exerted upon it by the wind, but there exists the dangerous possibility of achieving an amplitude of sway greater than the tree\u2019s elastic capacity to return upright. That\u2019s when trees fall down\u201d (Bunce, 2017).<\/p>\n
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Under the stress of extreme wind, or in an extended period of sustained winds, yes, Pines are prone to break even with all the elasticity we see on display in them regularly. But we must also understand that Pines, having this enhanced elasticity, are capable of bending, swinging and swaying in the wind so much more than a lot of the other common trees we see on a daily basis but are significantly less fearful of.<\/p>\n
Which brings up another question: what should we do with the rest of our trees to try to keep them from coming down in the wind?<\/p>\n
This is nature, after all, and the only surefire way you can eliminate the potential for risk and danger is to clearcut every tree and wait out what is left of the global oxygen supply with no stress of a tree coming down on you. Obviously that\u2019s not the route we want to go, nor do I ever advocate for the removal of a tree unless it is a significant hazard, typically because it is dying or already dead.<\/p>\n