trees down

Although this has been a warmer that usual summer up here in NE GA USA, we haven't had all that many bad rain storms. But we have had some trees come down during some of our storms - not any more or less than usual.

I've noticed some things about those trees that have fallen over completely.

Some may look old & solid, but when they fall over & break, you can tell that they were completely rotten inside - there was just a big, black cavity on their insides. So it's no surprise they could not handle a strong storm.

Others I've notice seem to not have a very deep root system, so when the strong winds came along, the tree simply had little to nothing to hold on to to keep them upright.

Some trees are clearly diseased. So their weakened condition has left them susceptible to storms.

And finally, I've noticed that some trees are blown down because they're standing all by themselves in a big field with no other trees to protect them.



I'm sure you can see the parallels from trees being blown down & how each of us handle the "storms" in our lives.


Just a thought...