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<\/a>Pit and Mound topography in hemlock\/yellow birch forest by Sandy Lake. Based on the ages of the oldest trees, I\u00a0 speculate<\/a> that they were formed following a massive windfall during the Saxby Gale (1869) or the Great Storm (1873). They might have added tree falls (tipovers, windthrows) to that list.<\/p>\n My spouse looks out the window at our urban forest and at a towering tree\u00a0 on a street one block to the north; she worries that it may fall to the southwest and on our house and asked me what I thought. \u201cI don\u2019t think we have to worry, at least this time around\u201d I said. \u201cWhy\u201d, she asked.\u00a0 I said\u00a0 \u201cBecause\u00a0 I looked at the tree, it is about 3.5 ft diameter and\u00a0 looks very healthy;\u00a0 it has already survived\u00a0Juan<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Dorian<\/a>\u00a0and right now\u00a0it looks<\/a>\u00a0as though this storm will not be worse than Dorian and nowhere near Juan in ferocity; and finally, even if the winds blow it over, it is likely to fall towards the west or north and not towards us.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy do you think so?\u201d she asked. \u201cI have been thinking about windblown NS forests\u201d I said.\u00a0 \u00a0 Read more on Nova Scotia Forest Notes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hurricane Teddy is tracking northward and \u201cis expected to impact Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of St. Lawrence region Tuesday and Wednesday as a \u201cvery dangerous\u201d post-tropical storm as it moves through the region, bringing strong winds, heavy rain, storm … Continue reading
Click on image for larger version<\/em>.<\/p><\/div>Hurricane Teddy is tracking northward and \u201cis expected to impact Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of St. Lawrence region Tuesday and Wednesday as a \u201cvery dangerous\u201d post-tropical storm as it moves through the region, bringing strong winds, heavy rain, storm surge and pounding waves\u201d (CBC\u00a0Sep 19, 2020<\/a>).<\/p>\n