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Storm Damage — 17 items

Link Dwarfing and Freeze Hardiness Potential of Trifoliate Orange Rootstocks
Details the usefulness of freeze-hardy rootstocks in citrus growing.
Link Microsprinkler Irrigation for Cold Protection of Florida Citrus
More than nearly any other factor, freezes have caused some of the most dramatic changes in fruit supply, availability, and price. Thus, any method that ...
Link Hurricanes and the Harvesting Decisions
This paper addresses the generic question of whether a crop should be harvested after sustaining significant loss. This paper provides a citrus grower with a ...
Link Assessing Landscape Tree Loss After a Disaster
Along with assessing structural damage to property caused by a storm or flood, property owners may need to calculate the financial loss represented by damage ...
Link Chain Saw Safety After a Disaster
Chain saws can be great laborsaving tools. But if not operated properly and with respect, they can quickly cause severe injury and death. This publication ...
Link Evaluation and Management of Storm-Damaged Timber
Homeowners often ask what can be done to save damaged shade and ornamental trees and forest landowners are interested in how to assess the damage to their ...
Link Flood Damage to Trees
Most trees and woody shrubs are not adapted well to flooded conditions. There are a range of flood tolerance levels among different species and individuals. ...
Link Hurricane-damaged Shade, Ornamental, and Fruit Trees
A brief guide to single tree care after catastrophic weather events.
Link Hurricanes, Trees and Forests: A Selected Bibliography
Hurricanes and trees do not mix well. This publication cites recent publications and journal articles which deal with various aspects of hurricane impacts on ...
Link Pruning Guide for Storm Force Reduction in Tree Crowns
Storm force impacts on trees can lead to catastrophic structural failures. Wind loads on trees are concentrated in the crowns acting near the end of a long ...
Link Storm Damaged Trees: Prevention and Treatment
Thousands of shade and street trees are lost every year to wind, ice and lightning. Estimates of property value loss in Georgia from this type of tree damage ...
Link The Storm-Damaged Landscape After a Disaster
This check list provides suggestions as to how an owner can assess and repair damaged landscape after a storm.
Link Understanding Lightning and Associated Tree Damage Protection
Lightning severely damages of kills thousands of trees a year. Many of these trees line community streets and are around homes and schools. Lightning strikes ...
Link Understanding the Effects of Flooding on Trees
An understanding of soil, tree, and flood characteristics will help tree managers cope with the problem of tree injury and prepare for future floods.
Link Wind and Trees: Surveys of Tree Damage in the Florida Panhandle...
This circular summarizes the results of two surveys about tree damage across the Florida Panhandle, resulting from Hurricanes Erin and Opal, and ranks the wind ...
Link Be Firewise After the Storm
Brochure warning against and aimed at preventing fire danger after a hurricane
Link Evacuation Plan is More Than You May Think
suggested evacuation plans (due to fire, storm, etc) for families living in wooded areas
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