Since I did not make the drive up or down the coast very often, the rare silvery-gray Bismarck palm that I could see slowly climbing into the skyline near the edge of Highway 101 through Santa Barbara ...
My current example involves a 60-inch trunk diameter coast live oak. Half of the tree fell when one component failed in the cable system. Fortunately, there was no “occupancy” under or near the tree — ...
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The recent failure of a cable system in a huge coast live oak prompts me to revisit this topic. I touched on it last year, (Feb. 20, 2021: Tree Cables Need Professional Installation and Maintenance) ...