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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's vine infestation to blame.  Storm itself was rather short, over in 1 hr, with some gusts of wind.  A lot of mature trees were fine, we noticed younger trees and branches were more vulnerable from our driving around last night.  GW pkwy was closed, likely due to falling trees.  Every time I drive on DC metro highways I see trees inundated by vines, literally choked.  These trees do not survive storms, they are leaning already, and I am not surprised at all they fall into the roads.  There is zero effort to remove or control the vines, it's only going to get worse.  Even if all power lines were buried, trees will continue to fall into the roads blocking traffic/injuring ppl, not to mention people's homes and cars.  There are volunteer groups that come to cut the vines at the root every year in late winter/early spring before leaves come in in some parks.. Not enough, can't depend on a handful of volunteers.  [/quote]

Um, no. Have you driven through Wesley Heights, Kent or Foxhall? Vines have nothing to do with the destruction.[/quote]
In this specific case, this was a storm with down gusts (sort of like milder version of tornado).  Vines or no vines if wind is that strong and blowing in one direction even healthy trees may fall down. It's why damage seems to be localized, like 1 block would get lots of down branches and trees, while 3 blocks over it's totally fine. [/quote]

Still, vulnerable trees (inundated by vines) have higher propensity to fall down without a need for a supercell storm of some sort.  Regular high winds (small craft) or lots of rain can take them down, vs. healthy trees.  And because a lot of unkempt vine inundated tree zones are along the highways and roads, they will inevitably fall into the roads, it's logical.  People who live near trees usually take care of those that may fall onto their homes, but public land trees do not get taken care of at all.  Even if this doesn't lead to power outages with time there will be more and more disruptive temporary road closures, accidents related to falling trees, injuries, etc.   I believe in the South along 95 they control this from driving down there. [/quote]

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