Wind & Flood Impacts
Why Some Middletown Trees Bend in a Storm — and Others Snap
The physics behind why one tree on a Bayshore street rides out a windstorm untouched while its neighbor loses half its crown.
September 4, 2026
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The physics behind why one tree on a Bayshore street rides out a windstorm untouched while its neighbor loses half its crown.
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How the county manages 831 acres of Bayshore forest at Hartshorne Woods — and what the same principles mean for the trees on your own property.
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