Crews still clearing trees after storm
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Mark Musgrove, a crew foreman for Hooper Corporation, uses a chain saw to cut down a damaged tree near a power line in Lake Leota Park in Evansville on Tuesday. The tree was damaged during last week’s thunderstorm.
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EVANSVILLE — It will take several more days for Evansville city crews to clear downed trees and brush from last week's strong thunderstorm.
Between 25 and 40 trees were blown over in parks and terraces during a thunderstorm Wednesday night, June 11, said Public Works Director Dave Wartenweiler. Probably twice as many fell on private property, he said.
"We took a terrible beating, but it's not insurmountable. We'll be picking up brush for all this week and well into next week," he said Monday.
Officials said the storm packed sustained winds of 50 to 80 miles per hour.
The debris being is taken to the city's yard waste site on Water Street, where it is being chipped or burned. Much of it will be chipped because it's the most immediate disposal method, Wartenweiler said.
Chips are offered free to Evansville residents, he said.
Many large trees came down on Liberty Street, which is two blocks south of West Main Street, Wartenweiler said.
"That looked pretty rough," he said.
Crews worked overtime last week to get all the streets open the same night as the storm, but workers are on track for normal hours this week, Wartenweiler said.
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I've seen a few cases around Janesville where property owners have taken the opportunity, I suppose you would call it, to cut down an entire tree after some storm damage. I hope these owners will be giving the open space to a new tree soon. Shade trees are important to our urban environment, and help save energy and prevent runoff.
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(I don't get it, but I have neighbors who have cut down ALL of their trees. This used to be called the Bower City for all the stately elms up and down every street! I'm old enough to remember.)
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