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Dawes Arboretum loses trees in Ike’s winds, including 200 year old white oak

09.18.2008

The beautiful Dawes Arboretum in Newark, OH, lost  many trees last weekend in the high winds at the edge of Ike.  Winds up to 70 mph knocked down exposed trees, and when those trees came down, they took other trees with them. Dawes lost 32 trees from their collection, including many sugar maples (Acer saccharum).  [...]

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Ike update – Many deaths in midwest, east due to tree falls, power outages widespread

09.17.2008

Following up on the previous post on Hurricane Ike, it is clear that tree falls account for many deaths and much of the widespread power outages throughout the midwest and eastern US. From Houston, where damaged trees continue to threaten property and power lines, to New York, where power outages were caused by tree falls, [...]

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Ike’s winds take down trees across the country

09.15.2008

Hurricane Ike knocked down trees from Texasto Northern New York over the weekend. Here in central Kentucky, we had no rain, but strong winds up to 60 mph knocked down trees throughout the region. Falling trees knocked down power lines, leaving more than 39,000 homes without power, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. I looked at [...]

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