Oh,how awful! My Mom lost her plum tree in 2006,I tried to replace it for her but that one died too.

Darn ice!!!

I'm sorry to hear you lost your pear tree. I hope you don't loose power and that your leak isn't too bad. I hope the water doesn't freeze in the roof/ceiling and cause you more trouble. Use a carpet cleaner or wet vac to suck up as much of the water in the carpet as you can.

Tami

I didn't think about that Tami, good idea. Now to find my wet vac....or put together my steam cleaner that's still in the box.

I've been wanting to get rid of the pear tree since I moved in here, going to plant sugar maple in it's place. So, I'm not too sad about that tree, but my redbud out back is beautiful in the spring. ) :

Oh crap. I'm sorry you lost your tree. I hope your insurance covers your roof. That was really nice of your neighbor to lend his phone and offer to clean up the tree. That'll save you some money.
Leslie

I hate to see the damage of the ice. But man it is so beautiful to look at on the trees!

I think you may want to find someone soon to get your roof looked at...you may end with much greater damage with the freezing and thawing.

A few years ago when we had one of those ice storm...it was early in the year and the trees still had their leaves, so there was an extra amount of ice weighing on the branches.

People were outside with 2x4's beating the branches to break off the ice and saved many a tree that way.

But we lost tons of trees in Omaha and here in Council Bluffs....huge branches broke off. One of our pines lost it's top..but you can't even tell it anymore.

patti

Kath, a sugar maple is really not that much sturdier of a tree. Check with your local extension office, and ask for a list of "good trees".

Here, it is listed as a "trash tree".

Sorry.

Moni

That is such a shame. Didn't you plant that tree yourself, not long after buying the house?

Hang in there.

Yeah, I know Moni but I really want a sugar maple or some type of orange-leafed maple.

I went out after I posted this and knocked some of the ice off my crabapple tree. I don't want it to break. It's such a pretty tree. Don't think the redbud is going to make it this time. One large trunk is dead and I pulled some of the big limbs off that were half dead because they were hanging over onto the crabapple and I didn't want it to break on it's on, onto the crabapple. My arms are sore but I got a good workout-lol.

Caroline, no I didn't plant the pear tree, the previous owner did. There was one in the backyard too but I lost it one Winter too.

OMG - we lost a plum tree in a windstorm earlier this year. 3 years ago (Oct 2006) Buffalo & Western NY was hit by a real wet snowstorm - the city of Buffalo & surrounding areas lost absolutely 100s of very old wonderful trees. We lost huge parts of a very old old tree in our yard ( I think it is a maple?) It took us weeks to cut & clean up the mess.

We are going to pant a baby plum tree this year to replace the one we lost.

Sorry for all the damage to the trees. Get that roof fixed right away.
Caroline, I planted a peach tree right after I bought my house and each winter I keep my fingers crossed that the tree makes it. Fortunately we dodged this ice storm.

That's a shame. I hate when my trees get damaged. I hope it isn't a big job to get your roof fixed.

The sunroom has a metal roof and it's one corner so I'm hoping it's not too bad.

Alex just told me that one of his classmates died the other day in this storm. OMG. How awful. Lauren started whining about me going out in this to get a blizzard from Dairy Queen, yeah right. That's when he told her and me about this kid.

I'm glad you and the kids are safe. I've been worrying about you today.

Thanks Patti, still have power, keep your fingers crossed. Lot of people in the area don't, don't have water. In Lexington thousands of people don't have electricity and they are sitting up shelters around the city. I plan to be better prepared next year.

Oh, that's such a shame! Where is this? Oklahoma?

I'm in Central KY.

Why won't this thing take a one or two word reply????

Here is a pretty Maple...it is a Red Maple and is a hard wood, so it is stronger.
We planted this one about a year ago.

I think I've only driven through Louisville. Pretty state!

Ohhhhhhhh, that is so sad! I know the ice is beautiful to look at, but I hate to see a tree end up like that.

kath..if you get a maple and prune it carefully, it's less a "junk tree" (that what we did with a silver) and none of those split trunks, which cause all the problems...

When its all done leaking, rip up the carpet and air under it too as it soaks right down and then you will get mold which you don't want.

Trees take a huge blow to storms like that. Its unbelievable the damage that happens.

Trim the broken parts from you pear tree leaving clean cuts. It may survive but it won't be like its former self for at least 10 years. Also, it may begin to rot from the severe wounds.

If this was a grafted tree, it appears that all the damage is elevated well above the graft.

Jendandy, I really don't want to keep the pear tree. Everytime we get an ice storm someone in town loses one of them. The other tree down in the above picture is also a Bradford pear.