Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: mother nature, 3 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
Yesterday, I was out turning my compost piles, planning to do some fall pruning,
when a sudden big wind blew threw. In a matter of a few minutes, my yard's a mess.
I know others probably suffered the same fate,
as I heard the storms were 'gaining strength as they moved east from the St Louis area'.
I hope others weathered the storm OK; I'm sure some were worse affected than me.
But it's so discouraging to go through these events.
In 5 or 10 minutes tops, I lost many unusual trees nearing maturity.
#1 is a yellowwood.
#2 is what's left of acer campestre Postelense.
#3 is cornus florida Cloud 9
#4 is stachyurus praecox.
#5 is a 20+ foot-tall idesia which literally snapped at ground-level.
I spent the day cutting away what debris I could from my treasured plants.
God knows what smaller plants are buried.