Hurricane Ready Trees

Hurricanes are no strangers to Florida homeowners. In fact, there are multiple hurricanes and severe weather conditions that happen yearly. As a responsible homeowner, one of the best ways to prepare for the rainy days is to ensure that you have hurricane ready trees.

If most homeowners don’t care about their trees being hurricane ready, Florida will probably have zero trees right now. After all, there have been so many hurricanes that passed over the years that could have easily blown away even some very large trees. However, thanks to the preparation of these homeowners, many trees have been saved and the state still looks beautifully green just about everywhere.

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Tips to Have Hurricane Ready Trees

So how can you be sure that you have hurricane ready trees anyway? We can all only do so much once we have received weather reports about an upcoming storm. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense to prepare in advance and ensure that all trees are well maintained. This way, a tree on your property is one less thing to worry about when the weather is bad.

Firstly, you have to make sure that you don’t have hazard trees on your property. Hazard trees are the ones you would consider weak, diseased, or dead. These may also be overgrown trees that lack maintenance. These are the trees that can easily fall when strong winds blow them away.

It is always best to reach out to a tree contractor to ensure that your trees are hurricane ready. They can either help you out with tree trimming or tree pruning so that they would remove weak tree branches. As a last resort, tree removal is done to remove a tree that’s beyond saving.

Human life is important and fallen trees can cause serious injuries and major damage to property. So it’s better to be prepared with hurricane ready trees all year round.  For tree service assistance in Deltona, Sanford, DeLand, Lake Mary, Orange City, Debary, and the surrounding areas, we are here to help. Call Duval and Son Services at 386-717-4959 to get a free estimate!