Irma

Irma was a tropical storm at most by the time it hit northeast GA.  Wind gusts generally in the 50s were the max as far as I know, with a particularly heavy band of wind and rain that moved through generally from about 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm on September 11.  Power outages were severe on the east and northeast side of the city and in the applicable suburbs.

I saw a lot of big trees down.  This area has a lot of oaks of different varieties, and many of them went down.  Pines fell, as well, but that's not a surprise.  The tree above--a chinkapin oak--was one of the larger ones I saw.  In terms of size, the trunk diameter was almost 36 inches where the knots are just below the branches.  That part of the trunk was about 5 feet off the ground when it was standing.

Another area where I saw a number of oaks blown down was a south-facing slope.  The winds were out of the east-northeast, so the wind force would've been generally pushing the trees in a downhill direction.  That seems like a bad mix of position and force, and the end result validates that (though it is also possible that the particular location was hit with wind forces that exceeded those elsewhere).

It's always sad when big trees fall--but given the force that the storm had farther south and the track it took versus what was predicted, it could've been worse.