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COMING UP. ALL RIGHT, JASON. WELL, IF IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S RAINED A LOT THIS MONTH, IT HAS. YOU’RE RIGHT. SOME AREAS IN ALABAMA HAVE RECEIVED THREE TIMES THE AVERAGE RAINFALL IN MAY. MIX THAT WITH ALL THE STORMS THAT WE’VE SEEN THAT’S BROUGHT THE HIGH WINDS. YOU CAN SEE SOME REAL PROBLEMS LIKE FALLING TREES. OUR �������� 13 LISA IS JOINING US LIVE AND LOCAL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. LISA. KIND OF A DANGEROUS COMBINATION HERE. YEAH, IT REALLY IS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIG OAK TREE THAT FELL. THIS ONE CAME DOWN IN THE LAST STORM. THANKFULLY, IT DIDN’T HIT A HOME OR A VEHICLE, BUT IT STILL HAS TO BE CLEANED UP. ALL THE WET AND WINDY WEATHER THAT WE’VE HAD HAS COMPANIES THAT TAKE CARE OF PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. VERY BUSY. THE HERNANDEZ BROTHERS AT BROTHERS TREE SERVICE HAVE BEEN RUNNING NONSTOP FOR WEEKS. PROBABLY CLOSE TO 2025 CALLS A DAY. RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY NEEDS WORK DONE WITH TEN MORE INCHES OF RAIN THIS MONTH THAN NORMAL. IN SOME SPOTS, THE GROUND IS SATURATED, ROOTS ARE LOOSE, AND THAT MAKES A 70 FOOT OAK VULNERABLE AND A WINDSTORM. THE BIGGEST INCREASE WE’VE SEEN IS TREES THAT ARE DOWN. PEOPLE HAVE WAITED A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG, AND WE’RE GETTING ALL KINDS OF TREES IN PEOPLE’S YARDS, TREES ON PEOPLE’S HOUSES, A LOT OF INSURANCE WORK HAVING TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THESE TREES ARE JUST LANDING ON PEOPLE’S HOUSES AND DOING DOING A BIT OF DAMAGE. IF YOU WANT TO AVOID THE PROPERTY DAMAGE, KEEP AN EYE ON ANY TREE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HIT YOUR HOME IF IT FELL DEAD OR DYING. TREES ARE THE BIGGEST THREAT, SO TO AVOID PROPERTY DAMAGE, THE EXPERTS SAY YOU NEED TO TAKE THEM DOWN BEFORE THEY FALL DOWN. YOUR BIGGEST THING TO LOOK FOR IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS WE’VE GOT THE LEAVES ALL AROUND IT, EXCEPT FOR ON THAT ONE TREE RIGHT THERE. IF YOUR TREE DOESN’T HAVE LEAVES, IT’S TIME TO COME DOWN. OTHER THINGS YOU CAN NOTICE IS MUSHROOMS STARTING TO CREEP UP THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE. NOTICE FOR ROT IF IT GETS TOO WET, IT CAN START ROTTING A LOT FASTER. NOW TO CLEAN UP A DOWNED TREE LIKE THIS ONE BEHIND ME CAN COST YOU ANYWHERE FROM $800 TO $2,500. OFTEN JUST HAVING A TREE TRIMMED PROPERLY CAN KEEP IT FROM FALLING TOO. IF YOU DO THAT, MAINTENANCE BEFORE THE STORM, YOU DON’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS AFTER THE STORM.