The state has lost thousands of trees. I’m a tree lover, so when a hundred-year-old stately tree is toppled, a little bit of me dies. When it hits a power line or crushes a home or car, there are other ramifications.
With another seven days of severe weather in the forecast, we should be watching for infrastructure to start failing as it was weakened already by previous storms. More mudslides, more road blockages, and for those buildings and roads that survived up until now, more pressure on them that could lead to their failure. Levees that have withstood the impacts of flood waters are particularly vulnerable.