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Originally Posted by Bugsinrugs
The trees snapping half way up tells me these trees are not healthy. When snowmaggedon hit us a few years ago it was nothing but pine trees snapping half way up. It was like a bomb went off in this country. Power out for 11 days.
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You are referencing the February of 23 storm I presume?
The cedars do well up here at this altitude and are not as susceptible to the Bark Bettles like the pines during drought years so there's that. Hold a slice of a green pine and one of live cedar... The pine will out weight the cedar by a ton which indicates a brittle, soft wood that even when healthy are not as stout as pine or a healthy oak.
I'm not an arborist, but the fact that so many cedars were toppled looking dam green and healthy as they lay on the ground.