Not a big deal, but this past weekend's sudden ice storm uprooted some trees in the ditch that runs by our house.
That ditch collects all the water runoff from this section of the neighborhood and funnels it out under the street into the drainage system. So the combination of heavy ice on the top of the trees and wet mud at the base brought them down.
No damage at all. The trees stopped just short of the porch. And that's actually the one point where the ditch is closest to the house. As you can see, these trees (overgrown briars, more like) aren't even that big around, so I wouldn't expect much more than cosmetic damage even if they would swipe the house.
So I guess I have to find a way to cut these up now.
