Trees and wires

Trees and wires

A large group gathered from all directions along the roads in upper Laurel Park to clear the trees, debris and mangled wires that blocked passage down the mountain - risking personal safety to begin restoring normalcy the day of the storm. Steve Collins of Highland Lake properties in Flat Rock rallied us together and kept us all moving till we made it all the way down Westwood to the intersection of Old Laurel Drive and Laurel Park Highway. We cut through and removed around 20 large trees by hand with chainsaws until we reached a monstrous tree laying across the road that we could not budge. One of the neighbors walked all the way into Hendersonville to pick up a bobcat and drove it back up the mountain.