More hurricane stuff

[dreamflower]

Well, Rita finished off what Katrina started. The holly is down again. I don't think it will be possible to get it up again, but we may give it a try, *sigh*.

And something scary in the news tonight reminded me of something that happened after the storm that I didn't post in my diary...

The news that 3,000 registered sex offenders from N.O. are scattered around the country with no way to track them down easily is creepy.

Almost as creepy as this: when my sweet Marines were cleaning up my yard, they found this funny looking device, and showed it to me. I didn't know what it was until they enlightened me.

It was an ankle bracelet for house arrest, that had been cut off. One of the Marines advised that we turn it over to the cops, as it had an identifying number on it, which we did. But still...

Comments

[elasg.livejournal.com]

Dreamflower, I don't know if you know this, but I am a forester in RL. If there is still a sizable remaining 'hinge' of roots that are still attached to the ground and rooted in and you can get that tree back up and seated in the wet soil, you could still be OK. It isn't the position of the tree that is the problem, but the extent of root damage and the extent of dessication.

Try getting the tree wired into place (use a lag bolt and washer through the tree, not a wire around it!) to keep air from under the ball of the root until it has a chance to get some new roots established. Oxygen isn't a problem (even roots need to breathe - they are living tissue!) but drying out is.

I can't give you any guarantees without seeing the actual tree, but I wanted to assure you that just falling over isn't a guarantee that the tree will die. ((((HUGS)))) and hope you remain safe.

[dreamflower]

Oh, thank you for the advice! If we are able to find someone to help us stand it up again, it might work. The roots didn't "break" out of the dirt the way the roots of our sycamore and ash trees did, which is why the Marine thought they could save it the first time. Thank you very much!!

[elasg.livejournal.com]

*Grin*

Yup, your marines were right. Now, if mother nature will leave the poor thing alone to recover for a while, you might be OK. (((HUGS)))