Pacific Northwest Gardening: Oh, I feel so bad!, 1 by KatyMac

KatyMac wrote:
I think the problem is these "crotches" are only 18" up from the soil and are almost a foot in diameter now. Add the situation of heavy rain and high wind from just the right direction with the leaves still on SNAP! I got a reply from Nolan Rundquist the Seattle City Arborist and he give the tree a 50/50 chance of making it. Honestly, when I bought the house my instincts told me they were a potential problem. Here's a smaller broken branch from last years storm. Much smaller of course. The branch on the left is the one that went this year and I'm still very concerned about the one on the right.