well greg you survieived the first par. Last year we had an ice storm just as bad rip through our part of illinois and man the wind made a mess once everything looked exactly like your pictures. When the tree fell on our line we were with out power for 14 days. thank GOD for a wood stove. But becareful this spring when you git your first real nasty storm with high winds because now you will have lots of weak trees that are gunna fall all apart.