We had the same thing happen to a huge chinaberry not too long ago - fortunately it missed all structures nearby. I had despaired of ever being able to afford to get it cut down - ain't Nature helpful?

you definitely lucked out that it was just the fence..my neighbor has an old rotted oak that came down in woods next to his house..must have happened during one of those bad blows we got last week..now the tree is hung up in some other trees and looks like it might take out the fence.

Huge storm here. Had hale for about twenty minutes. I thought it was going break my windows and tear up the screen in my swimming pool. When I went out this morning the only damage was to a few tree branches, thankfully.

So sorry, Larry! Hopefully when the damage is cleaned up, Bottlebrush will be OK.

Will your HO policy cover debris removal for this?

Susie

Sorry you had this damage, hopefully it will be cleaned up quickly and not be a big expense for you. Glad no one was hurt.

Well we got to do it again today. The power just came back up. Fortunately no more trees down. The landlord behind us said that he was going to remove it. Then he saw how big it was and ran away. We have a call into insurance. It may still be his problem. It looks to me like it was a double trunk and it is rotten down to the roots. He hasn't inspected or trimmed it for at least 4 years. It is now up to insurance and lawyers.

Larry, I am so sorry for what happened! it is a scary thing to go through, hopefully everything gets fixed soon.
We just came back from Delaware today and when crossing the Delaware river it was raining and so much fog that I thought that I was in the Bermuda triangle. Here in my area was raining hard and today it is another rainy day, I will check for damages tomorrow if any. I think just some pots got turn over.
Glad that the power came back at your place, with this heat we need it. Hope everything gets solved quick!

Silvia