After wild weather season, residents raise alarms about falling trees

Water in San Francisquito Creek floats out from under the Pope-Chaucer Bridge on Jan. 9, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

Leah Russin was sitting on her living room sofa, her 3-year-old daughter on her lap, on March 21 when a Douglas fir that towered over her backyard toppled over into her house, puncturing the roof, destroying an eave, crushing the side of her balcony and penetrating a crawl space just a few feet away from her.

She grabbed her daughter and ran out the front door and into the pouring rain.

"All I was thinking about is, 'How far do I need to run?' and 'How much of my house will collapse?'" Russin said.

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