Most Puget Sound windstorms arrive between November and February, when the ground is already saturated and our evergreens are still carrying a full crown to catch the wind. That combination is why a gust that would bend a tree in August can tip one over in December....
Every November the phone starts ringing, and it’s almost always the same call. A tree came down in the night, it’s across the driveway or into the roof, and nobody saw it coming. Here’s the hard part: usually somebody could have. Trees rarely fail...
