Helene’s impending strike prompts homeowners to take down dangerous trees
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Some homeowners in the metro Atlanta area were urgently talking down risky trees around their homes on Wednesday ahead of Hurricane Helene’s arrival in Georgia later this week. “They are not our tallest trees, but they are our most threatening trees. Better safe than sorry,” resident Tom Erdmanczyk told Channel 2′s Tom Regan. Erdmanczyk lives on Stonebrige Trail in Roswell in North Fulton County. It’s a beautiful, heavily wooded neighborhood.
Several years ago, a large tree fell onto the house where he has lived for 30 years. He said he didn’t want to risk that happening again. On Wednesday, a tree removal crew took down three decaying trees near his home. “They took out two White Oaks and a Sweet Gum.