Comments on: Tree Falls on Woodlawn Ave Home

By: cubalibre

cubalibre — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:13:30 +0000

My utmost sympathies to you & your family– I feel guilty for complaining about our leaking roof now! Incidentally, it never ceases to amaze me at how some of our “tolerant” citizens won’t hesitate to criticize others for removing trees, when they generally haven’t the slightest idea of the reasons behind it. Don’t you listen to them, SW, b/c if there are indications that you & your family could be in danger, personal safety should trump nature. Anyone who says differently is just talking out of his/her bum, and should be ignored. (Sorry, but this kind of thing gets me a bit riled up!)

By: SM

SM — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:22:47 +0000

Sadly, this was my house and it has been quite a nightmare the last few days with the nonstop rain. Just responding to 4217, we were trying to be conservative with Decatur’s grand old oak trees, so we had an arborist inspect this one only a couple of months ago to determine whether it should be removed. It was deemed to be healthy and, absent the record-breaking rainfall, should have posed no threat. That said, when we moved in 4 years ago, we had one removed that WAS deemed threatening to the house and some passerby had some harsh words for us and our disregard for nature…

We definitely have amazing neighbors helping us with everything. Also, I can’t say enough about our wonderful Decatur Fire Dept and Police Dept. They responded so quickly.

While I’m at it, I want to say that King Tree Experts (a Decatur business) was amazing!!

By: 4217

4217 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:37:41 +0000

For others with big trees around them, this one was leaning toward the house at a pretty severe angle.

By: susan c

susan c — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:22:28 +0000

The subdivision was named Ponce De Leon Heights whens the houses were built in 1939

By: Writerchad

Writerchad — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:33:53 +0000

I do believe the area around College Heights Early Learning Center is also referred to as College Heights. Though it seems that Oakhurst has unofficially annexed the hood.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:12:43 +0000

Lots o’ Heights. Don’t forget Clairemont Heights!

I think all the Heights in the name have something to do with the topography. Each of the Heights neighborhoods sits on a spur of the continental divide (railroad). There are three north of the tracks. The western spur which runs into Ponce Heights, a downtown spur (which is the largest of three) that goes up Clairmont, and then an eastern spur which heads up into Decatur Heights.

All this to say…naming a neighborhood based on topography is way too clever for modern day naming standards, which means they got to be old!

By: cranky old timer

cranky old timer — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:24:11 +0000

hey joe blow,
it’s been ponce heights long before you moved here, and will be ponce heights after you leave ….same with “great lakes” and decatur heights .. all are specific neighborhood designations with specific neighborhood alliances, annual picnics, etc. etc
sorry bout the tree, but so glad no one was home … it is a sad price we pay for living in a beautiful, tree-lined neighborhood …

By: MC

MC — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:52:32 +0000

It was a little before 8:30. A little after 8:30 we heard what sounded like a blown transformer as we were standing outside.

The tree crushed the upstairs finished area that is a bedroom. It fell right across the bed. Thank God it didn’t fall a few hours later. Had they been at home in bed it would have been very tragic.

Gotta give some credit to the Decatur Fire Department. They were there very quickly.