EXTENSIVE TORNADO DAMAGE TO MY PROPERTY- Hard To Know Where To Begin
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- Cleanup begins tomorrow, but here's a look at the extensive tornado damage I received.
My property was severely beaten by storms.
We lost a lot of trees, and even had structures lost or damaged.
My insurance company has given me a fair settlement and it's time to clear out the damage and rebuild.
Thanks for watching, and stay safe!
alan
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Cleanup begins tomorrow, but here's a look at the extensive tornado damage I received.
My property was severely beaten by storms.
We lost a lot of trees, and even had structures lost or damaged.
My insurance company has given me a fair settlement and it's time to clear out the damage and rebuild.
Thanks for watching, and stay safe!
alan
Check out my Website.
I've written dozens of articles pertaining to all areas of homesteading and self sufficiency.
Here's the link: homesteadadvisor.com/
If you enjoyed this video and would like to see more videos like this. please give this video a thumbs up and leave me a comment!
Please subscribe, it would really help my channel!
Thank you for watching! ❤
Wow- you will have enough firewood for a long time!
Sure do. 😊
Thank goodness your blackberries weren’t taken out- sorry it took your pear tree and apple tree. So thankful your home wasn’t damaged!
I was kind of surprised that the blackberries weren’t hurt too. But as far as I can tell, nothing was damaged.
I’m sorry you lost so many trees. Thank the Lord you’ve got insurance and your home was untouched.
Amen… Thanks! 😊
Tha ks for sharing Alan... its so hard to go through this stuff... praying for you and y'all.
We lost our Garden when the winds of Hurricane Baryl came over us. One fence and a couple Cattle Panel arches... only thing left is 3 watermelons... we are still Praising God for all the animals, house, barn and all out pens that are fine or little damage.
Blessings to y'all ❤
I’m glad you weren’t hurt too badly. Y’all stay safe.
I’m not an arborist but our oak tree, which was over 2ft in diameter, lost a branch which almost split the tree in half. An arborist came out and recommended we remove it since it was close to our house but we waited 6 months and it was healing up. If it had been in our pasture we would have kept it.
Good to know… Thanks!
This is Sally and there is a coating that you can buy and paint on the damaged area. I propagate a lot of fruit trees and I use the following: coat the entire area with cinnamon. Wait one day and then apply an exterior glue. Make sure you get the area where the bark and “tree wood” met. You don’t want water to enter the tree via that section.
Thanks for the tips!
Always clear all trees that could fall upon your fencing. We are to go to great lengths to protect what we have and need.
Thanks for your advice. You are probably right 😊
You have a beautiful place sorry about all the trees you have loss
Thanks so much! Cleanup process is going real well 😊
As a South-central TX landowner (purchased in 2021), Id be interested in how you approach cleanup and preservation of remaining resources. Im sorry for your troubles, I am. Your faith will sustain you and see you through...praying for you.
Lots of heavy machinery.
Going to strip the fence line completely, and build new fence there. Some of the fences will just be repaired, but most will have to be completely rebuilt.
I’ll have a video up on it next week I hope.
Glad you’re going to get all this mess cleaned up and repaired/replaced. I lost a really nice Gala apple tree loaded with apples that was blown over by the roots here in far west Kentucky. My trees a loss as 16:44 I don’t have any insurance coverage. Glad you do!!
So far the insurance has really been a blessing. Sorry you lost your tree
I want to mill up that Bois D'arc log!! Love the lumber. Good luck with all the work.
Ha ha ha… Come and get it! 😊
Alan, so sorry for the damage to your trees and fence. But you, your wife, your animals and your home are safe. Thankful for that. We'll be on the cleanup journey with you, in spirit anyway.
Looking at the driveway tree I have two thoughts. The first is damage to the circulatory system. If the area above the damage isn't getting water and nutrients it would show by now, just like if you bent a branch enough it would wilt and die back past that point. So if the branches above look healthy then the tree can still support them. If it was semi-girdled you'd see it by now.
The second is entry for disease or bugs. That's trickier but trees are meant to heal damage. We trim branches all the time, don't cover the wound and the rest of the tree is fine. It was hard to see how deep the wound goes but it looks like it's drying and healing over nicely.
Just had another thought-if it's very deep it may damage the structural integrity of the trunk and weaken it to wind damage. But trees grow such that they can lose big branches and be OK. They're kind of compartmentalized, if that makes sense. If every tree that lost a big branch died we'd have no trees. We have plenty of trees in my area with similar damage due to ice storms and the rest of the tree is fine. I've seen ones split down the middle and the remaining portion survives. I think there's hope.
You always comment with so much wisdom. And I’m always appreciative of it. Thanks so much!
I had a Poplar crash through my Wisconsin Green house, it sucks, I thought I could resurrect it from snow collapse, not there's a 2' tree through the middle of it. It was so loud the neighbor heard it! Sucks, I liked that green house, put a lot of work into it!
Ouch… That hurts 🙁
Oh my gosh. Im so sorry this happened. But Im glad you are safe and your home is in tact. God Bless
Thank you so much!
I'm pretty sure that tree will close up nicely given some time. Can't tell from the angle how extensive the tear was, but it sure doesn't look like it warrants cutting it down.
Thanks for your advice 😊
That is a lot of work you have there. I'm glad you have help to do it. Cleaning up all the tree mess by myself would take a month, lol. If you need some laborers or materials, anything let me know. My wife and I started a new construction business, and we are willing to work on just about anything. I have some good supply reps that I work with, too. Good luck with tomorrow's work.
Thanks so much for the offer. Got lots of heavy equipment coming tomorrow. They say they can handle this… We shall see.
Hurricanes when they pass over do similar damage on my property. Buy tornados can do more because the winds are usually faster.
Whenever you build anything, tie it together with metal strapping or hurricane clips.
If you want to keep that oak and not spend a lot, try and clean up the wound/damage and paint something that is meant to go on pruned areas of a tree. There is good chance that the tree survives. If not then you can take it down if it dies. If the tree is of great concern that you really want to keep, get a professional out there.
Thanks for the tips 😊
Folks are still cleaning up around here in the city. It was amazing how little damage to my home and trees. We live in one of the old neighborhoods with tons of live oaks lining the street. God protected us as usual.
So glad you weren’t hurt by the storms! And yes, God is good 😊
Hey Mr Allen. Glad you and the Mrs' are ok.
Thanks so much 😊
Alan sorry to see all the damage, you shouldn't need wood chips for awhile! Hope it all comes out well. I was hoping I didn't see and blackberry damage.
Nope, no damage to the berries. 👍🏻😎
Your tree will live, ive had worse happen to some of my oak trees and they'll have a lil down time to recover from the trauma but then leaves start popping out. As long as the root system is intact and there is no disease it will bounce right back next year.
Thanks for sharing!
👍🏻 😊
Glad it wasn't worse for you and your family is safe...can you use all of the trees for firewood?...I would think some controlled burns would be easier for alot of the cleanup❤ 8:40
I already have so much firewood that I just don’t need it.
And, there’s so much damage around here that nobody’s gonna wanna to come cut this. There’s just too much wood available everywhere else .
And yes, I have five burn piles going right now 😊
I feel you , we are 25 miles inland from Sargent Beach which was landfall ground zero again , same exact spot of Hurricane Nicholas on Sept.15 th 2021 , Hmmm ? And our neighborhood lost well over a 100 large trees and in a 3 square mile area probably 250 trees down and we had a 100% power loss for our area , if you don't have a generator you are out luck and the Day after we did clean up in a 108 F Heat Index for 10 hours straight and at 65 years of age that's a Hard Day's work !
Yes, it is hard work.
I feel for you and all of those that are still without power down there. Stay safe.
Glad y'all are okay! Oh boy, where to start! I just rode out the entire eastern eyewall of Beryl, north to south, 90+mph gusts for over 4 hours, and the majority of trees down were OAK. Most missed the home by only feet! Major, MAJOR BLESSING, and for you as well, with no home damage. The tear-jerker is your apple tree. Sigh. Pear tree too, but apples seem harder to grow. As for the pretty oak you ask about saving, DON'T! Too close to the fence! There are healing compounds out there, but IMO, not worth the risk. Oaks are beautiful trees, but almost as much as fruit trees, must be trimmed and managed. I see these homes with 50+ yr. old oaks just yards away and shake my head; I know where that tree is gonna end up. Smart decision taking down all the trees along your fence lines; might even think about expanding it a bit. I call it "fence falling distance". Lots of big holes from those trees uprooting. I'm looking forward to your videos on this. I'm more than a little familiar with the ironwood. Guess all you can do is drag that out with a tractor. Don't think it will burn either; haven't tried that, so don't know. Ain't farmin' fun! LOL! We were both blessed to have no damage to the roofs over our heads! THANK YOU, LORD!
Thanks for the advice about the oak tree. And yes, we are definitely blessed to have a roof over our head right now. So many people do not.
We’re over here by Tyler Pounds Field.. so not that far from you. And we’ve got the same tree situation. I’d be curious what the arborist says about that oak… we’ve got the same issue.
I’ve had several good comments on this video. Some say keep it, some say get rid of it since it’s near a fence…
Hey I am an ISA certified arborist so-11006a. The tree will most likely survive but would never recover. Trees compartmentalize their wounds and with such an extensive would the tree would now have a spot that will eventually decay and hollow. If It were my tree I would remove and plant something else in its place. Get a tree that you like and plant that tree. It will grow fast and you can train it for strength while young.
Thanks for commenting. I was hoping someone with some professional creds would comment. Still not sure what I’m gonna do, but I am leaning toward bringing it down.
@@BIGALTX No problem, regardless of your choice it will be the right decision.
Are you going to plant any replacement trees? Are there any canker resistant oaks?
I’m thinking about planting some new trees. And I’m not sure if there is a tree resistant to the canker or not. But thanks for reminding me. I need to check it out and find out 😊
Can a tree be grown from the road apple fruit? The shade under that tree was so much cooler than all the other trees around it. I haven't been able to find any locally around Goliad.
Hmmmm…
I really don’t know.
keep the tree, it should be fine
Thanks for sharing 😊
Is the insurance gonna pay for the fencing
YES!
I did not even know they did that. But my neighbor said a fence is considered a “structure“ .
And structures are covered under the homeowners policy.
I wonder if that gash could be sealed with wax to avoid disease. Should still be able to move water and nutrients? Im in no way an arborist and it probably shows. Sorry for your troubles 😞
You could use spray paint. May sound ridiculous, but it works.
Thanks for the tip 😀
Not sure… Looking into all options. Thanks for the suggestion.
How do you get rid of the ‘bodark’ tree?
It’s going to get burned. All of this is going to get burned.
I wouldn’t cut it down yet
There’s probably something that u can paint on it to seal it up
The comments here are very mixed about whether not to keep it or cut it down. Still just not sure.
Glad you are okay! Lots of Firewood! Maybe use some tree sealant, give it a try. Can always cut it down.
Thanks for the tip!