The year of the red (dead) oak?

This is clearly the year of the oak tree, at least in my neighborhood.  In our January snowstorm a very large red oak fell on my house, doing 30-60K of damage.  The final total is unknown since they haven't started rebuilding yet.  Though we are living in the house, our roof is covered with a tarp, and our ceiling is open to the roof.

Last night, as Washington received the last of its 1-3" of rain, a similarly large oak fell on my neighbor's property,  fortunately delivering only a glancing blow to the house.  I am grateful that they are only dealing with exterior damage, and that once again, no one was injured.

All this is by way of explaining why no blog posts...  Hopefully I can get back to it now that the excitement is over.