"I tell my customers, 'Gravity always wins,'" laughed John Longoria, the owner of Highpoint Tree Care.
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If your trees are very tall or leaning even slightly, they're at a high risk of going down.
Tree root systems only go about 2 feet below ground.
So, roots can easily become less stable when it rains like this for a couple of days, especially if they are already stressed.
"It's a cascading effect," Longoria explained. "We had a strong heat wave last summer that stressed the trees out. Then, we had the freeze, and now, we're getting our spring rain. The trees are struggling."
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Don't forget to check for dead and diseased trees. If it's dead, you'll probably find the bark coming off and the wood rotting.
"Look up! A lot of people, when we come over, don't even notice that we have a dead tree on their property, and I can point it out for them," he said. "I always try to remember that a tree can still be diseased even with green leaves, and another analogy I like to give them is that people with hair have heart attacks and fall over. Trees are the same way."
He recommends having a trained expert check out your trees at least once a year.
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