Late August through October is the busiest stretch of hurricane season for North Florida, and it's also when a lot of homeowners find out the hard way which trees on their property were already weak.
A tree doesn't need a direct hit to come down. Saturated soil from weeks of summer rain loosens root systems, and a tree that's been leaning, hollow, or carrying big dead limbs is far more likely to fail once real wind shows up. The trees worth a second look are usually the tallest ones near the house, the ones closest to power lines, and any tree that's already shown cracking bark or fungus at the base.
A pre-storm assessment doesn't take long, and catching a hazard now is a lot less stressful than dealing with a downed tree in the middle of a storm.
Is there a tree on your property you've been keeping an eye on heading into storm season?
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