As tree trimming companies scrambling to keep up with all the fallen trees brought down by the rainstorms, the demand for tree inspections has spiked as well.
That increase in tree inspection requests is largely due to one tragic incident during the recent storms.
On Wednesday, Treemasters was in Tiburon, where a pair of 40-foot Cypress trees snapped off during the high winds, just missing the house below. It's a familiar scene, as tree trimming companies across the Bay Area rush from one job to another. "This rain's a little bit different," said Jacobs."We're getting a lot of rain. it's consistent, it's low speed, so it's really saturating the soil. The trees have got a compromised root system from 10 years of drought and we're seeing a lot of uprootings and failures."Jacobs said demand for arborist inspections is up as well. But what really got the phones ringing was.
He said homeowners should look for cracks in the trunks of trees or in the earth nearby, or water welling up near the base.