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Hurricane Michael absolutely creamed Bay County five years ago. Knocked down so many trees that the water table went up. Not to mention the number of homes that took major damage. There are more pine trees in the north. It wouldn't surprise me if more were downed.
I'm not sure how ready the state's infrastructure is to begin with given how much bigger and stronger the canes are getting. Plus we have so many people living along the coast.
Lol I haven't heard "creamed" in 20 years, thanks for the reminder. Great expression.
More than that for me. I associate it with kids talking about other kids in school fights in the 80s. "Bobby got creamed by Jeff!"
A lot of big oaks and other trees are vulnerable too. In South Florida the trees are periodically culled by hurricanes so the trees still standing have made it through a few storms and the ones that do go down are fewer in number. Up north they had decades upon decades of growth that had never seen a hurricane. A tree growing in a way not conducive to hurricane survival growing for decades then getting knocked down can cause a lot of issues.
Slash pine is as hurricane resistant as anything and the only reason there isn't a lot left is because they were on the few spits of dry land in South Florida. So naturally they were cut down for timber used to build on that dry land.