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How strong are utility lines?

submitted by Mr_ to whatever 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 17:22:43 ago (+3/-0)     (files.catbox.moe)

https://files.catbox.moe/wf32ha.jpeg

Storm just came through and knocked over my red oak. Oncor’s phone lines claim to be about a 3 hour wait. The sparks were cool in retrospect now that everything seems to have stabilized.


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[ - ] deleted 2 points 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 19:02:38 ago (+2/-0)

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[ - ] Mr_ [op] 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 19:19:06 ago (+0/-0)

Same, this one isn’t old in tree terms but still took some time to grow

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 1 point 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 19:03:20 ago (+1/-0)

Do red oaks not have tap-roots or was it just rotted?

[ - ] Mr_ [op] 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 19:18:29 ago (+0/-0)

I don’t know, but I see some mushroom looking stuff. It was a very dry summer and and then we had a bunch of rain lately, not sure if those conditions would help the roots sheer off like this. Looks like a dang palm tree the way it blew over. The snapping sound was so loud I thought it was a transformer

[ - ] MelGibson 1 point 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 20:55:26 ago (+1/-0)

I don’t see any fruiting of saprobes or evidence of mycelium of saprobes mushrooms. What do the mushrooms look like, or could you snap a picture of the the stem, gills and cap? There are a ton of mushrooms associated with this tree but not all of them mean the tree was dying.

[ - ] Mr_ [op] 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 21:24:21 ago (+0/-0)

Best I can do now that it’s dark, this is a closer picture of where it broke free. The mushroom thing I mentioned is earlier is on the bark near the dirt line, and at the time I thought some of the stuff in the roots was fungal, but on second looks it could just be the tree. https://files.catbox.moe/5l41ck.jpeg

[ - ] MelGibson 1 point 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 23:03:28 ago (+1/-0)

If it looked like spiderwebs under the tree and in the dirt then it was definitely a fungi. It could have been an aggressive armillaria. It’s hard to tell from the pic if that’s an armillaria species but it usually grows in clusters and that’s a lone soldier so idk. The fungi is parasitical and causes root rot which looks to be the case. I’d have your other tree checked out. It might not be to late to treat the surrounding soil with good fungi and save the other tree.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 23:12:51 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] lord_nougat 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 18:14:11 ago (+0/-0)

Oh wow. Are you up by Glendora? Getting emergency alerts about the sudden thunderstorm with 60 knot winds, hail, and flashflood warnings kicking up there.

[ - ] Mr_ [op] 1 point 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 18:24:33 ago (+1/-0)

North of Dallas. Working on leaving but we haven’t figured that part out yet

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 18:25:31 ago (+1/-0)

Oh.

Well good luck to you there.

[ - ] mikenigger 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 17:25:00 ago (+1/-1)

nothing's stronger than muh dick

bix nood

[ - ] Mr_ [op] 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 4, 2022 17:31:58 ago (+0/-0)

In that case I guess I should count on the lines or the pole to give up soon and the tree to finish falling.