posted by Joe Polk at 12:31 AM /
When a tree fell in Mt. Lebanon last month, Lori Pearce thought it took a while before the right people heard it. The locust tree that toppled June 6 in Bird Park just missed crushing Pearce, 40, a friend and their five children walking along a path near the park entrance, she said.
"It was terrifying as a mother," Pearce said Tuesday as she stood near logs from the trunk, a few feet in diameter. "I heard a huge crack, turned and saw the tree split, and yelled to my daughter, 'Run!' Then, all of us were under the branches and popped up like little groundhogs. I expected to see one of my kids pinned under a limb."
Link: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_580082.html
Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/08220/902396-55.stm (Updated 8/7/08)
"It was terrifying as a mother," Pearce said Tuesday as she stood near logs from the trunk, a few feet in diameter. "I heard a huge crack, turned and saw the tree split, and yelled to my daughter, 'Run!' Then, all of us were under the branches and popped up like little groundhogs. I expected to see one of my kids pinned under a limb."
Link: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_580082.html
Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/08220/902396-55.stm (Updated 8/7/08)
Labels: bird park, Dan Miller, lori pearce, public works
1 Comments:
I wish the article would have gone further and discussed what happens after the tree is removed. More specifically, when (if ever) is the tree replaced.
We had a tree removed in front of our house more than a year ago (maybe in the winter of 2006/07?). At the time, I was told that a new tree would be planted the following fall. A new tree was never planted and I am left with a faded pile of mulch where the tree once stood.
I think my block (400 Royce) has fallen into a black hole as far as Public Works projects are concerned. Last year, our sidewalks were marked for replacement. I received the letter stating that the contractors would be coming by within a few weeks to do the repairs. Nothing happened. That is the second time in the last 5 or 6 years our sidewalks have been scheduled to be repaired and no action was taken.
Although, there is potentially something positive that might come out of this. The tree that was removed last year was pushing up a slab of concrete. Maybe the slab will eventually settle back down to it's normal position.
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