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Old 12-12-2007, 08:02 AM
 
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Peggy...I was at the myriad gardens and bricktown...Not half as bad as you think. I was thinking that all those trees were going to be demolished but they held their ground. On a special note I visited the memorial to look at the survivor tree. It was rather amazing because they have a whole crew constantly supporting the tree in many ways.
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Old 12-12-2007, 08:49 AM
 
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I just moved here and everyone is apologizing to me for the weather. I feel terrible. A high School burned down near us, and several people have died.

We have been very fortunate. We didn't lose power. My kids compalined about losing cable, since they were home from school, and I told them they were very fortunate to be warm and safe and to quit complaining.
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Old 12-12-2007, 02:42 PM
 
Location: Hughes County, Oklahoma
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I am glad to hear that, Happy. I had heard about the Survivor tree that had volunteers caring for it during the storm.

My area in Hughes county had tremendous tree damage back in 2000, I think. Our pecans looked devastated then but they are fine now.

Well, Susie Q, this hasn't been such a great introduction to OK for you. I too feel terrible about the loss of lives. Things will be better soon and we will see the sun again. I'm glad you have been safe and warm.
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Old 12-12-2007, 06:30 PM
 
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I have some pics...

my elementary school-Lafayette-did horrible.... it had like 7 huge trees and they all did horrible. One of them fell completely over.... it was sad for me to look at.

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The Bradfords in the city did horrible
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Old 12-12-2007, 06:58 PM
 
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Although I cant see your pics. The Bradfords just fell apart. That is the first thing I saw when I drove around certain areas. I dont know why people plant them. They have a nice look and have beautiful blooms in the spring but they are so weak for the Oklahoma weather. They say a Bradford pear only lives like 30- 40 years....
Many of those trees will just be sawed down or uprooted. Hopefully people will plant a stronger type of tree and think long term.
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Old 12-13-2007, 03:53 PM
 
Location: Hughes County, Oklahoma
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Well, I am in Edmond tonight and things really don't look all that bad. I have been in NW OKC, Edmond, and Yukon. I think NW OKC had the most branches down. It looks like power is back on most everywhere in those areas, and all the businesses are open. I was surprised to see so much ice still on the trees and signs.

The hackberry trees do well. The ornamental trees seem to have the most damage. Magnolias do terrible.
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Old 12-14-2007, 06:30 AM
 
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Well, I am in Edmond tonight and things really don't look all that bad. I have been in NW OKC, Edmond, and Yukon. I think NW OKC had the most branches down. It looks like power is back on most everywhere in those areas, and all the businesses are open. I was surprised to see so much ice still on the trees and signs.

The hackberry trees do well. The ornamental trees seem to have the most damage. Magnolias do terrible.
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just wondering--how did midwest city do in this past storm???
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Old 12-14-2007, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Bourbonnais, IL
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just wondering--how did midwest city do in this past storm???
Everything I've heard about Midwest City is that it's pretty bad. I haven't seen the area though so I can't say. I can't stand when I'm watching the news and the banner says "NW OKC" and I think they're out in my area (County Line and Expressway) but they're really just down in Crown Heights or places like thatThat's inner metro people.
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Old 12-14-2007, 12:05 PM
 
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The whole state is bad! The hardest hit areas in OKC and Tulsa were the ones with the largest trees. OKC got nailed in Crown heights/Edgemere ect. because that is where all the old growth is. Tulsa got hit even worse because the whole inner city is full of big trees. They are reporting that there is still major power outage in inner Tulsa. I cant imagine how long it will take for OKC and Tulsa to look normal again after all the damage.
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Old 12-14-2007, 12:08 PM
 
Location: Bourbonnais, IL
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The whole state is bad! The hardest hit areas in OKC and Tulsa were the ones with the largest trees. OKC got nailed in Crown heights/Edgemere ect. because that is where all the old growth is. Tulsa got hit even worse because the whole inner city is full of big trees. They are reporting that there is still major power outage in inner Tulsa. I cant imagine how long it will take for OKC and Tulsa to look normal again after all the damage.
Easy, the far NW barely got hit at all. No joke, on my drive to work (2 miles away) I haven't seen any significant damage. Not to downplay other parts of town, but the far NW got off way easy. Even Bethany (5 miles to my south) got hit worse. Noticeably worse.
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