From: janel 

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:36:47 -0400, Mike N. 
wrote in message news::

>In my opinion, neighborhood associations give Bradford Pears too much
>preference because they grow quickly.   Their wood is neither supple enough
>to sway to the ground and let the wind blow over them nor to stand up
>against the onslaught.
>

Yes, but they're so pretty for about 2 days in the spring. Particularly
when there's a lot of them!

Glad to hear you didn't have severe damage.  Some of my co-workers live in
the area and said it was a wild night.  Up here on the north side of I-85,
it was pretty quiet.

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