NEW ORLEANS — Old trees in the city give us shade and a beautiful landscape, but when storms hit, they destroy property, take out power, and cause fatalities.
And now there’s another problem. They are causing some people to have their homeowner’s insurance to be cancelled.
A century-old sycamore is sick. Like so many of us, it suffered losses in Hurricane Katrina. It needs to be cut down, but that cost to the homeowner is too high. So, arborist Tim Benton gave it a major trim…