April 28th, 2026 - 60s to overnight showers for SE Wisconsin #wiwx

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Crazy day yesterday in Milwaukee. High winds from a “wake low” knocked down trees, branches, and caused widespread power outages. The wind was blowing for a while from the SSE! Our power was restored at 2 am. #wiwx #wisconsin #milwaukee #NWS #WakeLow #HighWinds #treedamage #poweroutages
yikes. extensive damage from the storm in our neighborhood near 17th & van dorn. I've never seen a storm here uproot a mature tree like that. #LNK #thunderstorm #stormDamage #trees #treeDamage
This happened sometime July 1/overnight to the 2nd. No other signs of how or why. There had been some heavy rain but.., sigh.
#treeDamage #park

Deer have been killing some of these trees for years. Several in this row have been replaced 2-3 times now. Even with plastic protectors on the trunk the Deer still manage to knock them off by rubbing😑

#WhiteTailDeer #TreeDamage #Deer #Nature

Does anyone have any idea what removed the bark from this tree? The wood of the tree is extremely smooth to the touch. The bark is lying at the base, there are no signs of burning.

Would lightening have caused this?

@simon_brooke, any ideas?

#tree #bark #TreeDamage #forestry #forester #forest

What sort of animal eats sycamore bark, between 1.2m and 1.8m up in a tree regrowing out of a hedge? I have seen muntjac here, but this is higher than a muntjac can reach. Unless muntjac can climb? #sycamore #muntjac #treedamage