richsantaclaus Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 On Mother's Day I heard a loud ***BANG*** thinking it was a car accident. Went outside to see a 12' broken branch that hit my wife's car. Smashed the driver's side windshield, banged several big dents into the hood and hit the front bumper. Got a police report and the city to clean up the debris. It is a 65' Liquid Amber tree the city owns on my property. 2/3 of it is totally dead. 6 weeks ago I sent the city tree removal branch an email about them removing the tree totally. The landlord's car was hit 10 years ago by the same tree. She complained 10 years ago about it too as well as asked they city to remove it...lol Now the city will repair yet another car hit by this tree. Good news though, this morning the tree removal truck went to work removing it. Rich pix 1, 2, 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LouisCamp Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Typical city response time. No preventative money available, only after damage is done does the money show. Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlmoriarty Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Rich ~~ The Liquidambar (or more commonly, Sweetgum) grows in the southeast. Whatever it is, methinks it's something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Me yoo but I spoke with families that have lived here since the track was built and they called then liquid ambers????? i am not a tree person so I really don't know. Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlmoriarty Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Lou ~~ you think it's bad now just what a short while. These RWNJ that don't believe in no gub'mint will soon have us in the dark ages. The big recall on pet food was from some supposedly reputable firms located in SC. hmmm... while DeMint is busy trying to defund NPR. Those pesky federal regulations... Rich ~~ if you can take a pic of the bark and the leaves I'd be curious. Not sweet gum though. Sorry, way OT but you got me started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted May 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 The city cut it down and hauled the entire tree (except the stump). They were supposed to come today and grind the stump but were a no-show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 California cities are covered in Liquid Ambers. It is one of our most common older city planted trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlene Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 WELL! It was a car accident, in a way. That's awful that they wouldn't do anything before now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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