Arborist climbs 45-foot pine tree damaged by ice storm in Nashville

Описание: (29 Jan 2026)

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Nashville, Tennessee - 28 January 2026
1. Wide of master arborist Keenan Baird cutting off the top of a 45-foot pine tree damaged by an ice storm
2. Wide pan down of Keenan Baird cutting off the top of a 45-foot pine tree damaged by an ice storm
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Keenan Baird, ISA board certified master arborist, Greenroots LLC:
"Yeah, Monday morning, we started doing assessments. We had crews starting to go out. Monday, we got a tree off of an assisted living facility in Hendersonville that had fallen onto the corner of the roof, damaged the building. We want to make sure when we're going out, assessing work that we're triaging it, just like when you go to the hospital with an injury."
4. Tight of master arborist Keenan Baird pulling himself up a pine tree
5. Tight of master arborist Keenan Baird chainsawing limbs off a tall pine tree damaged by an ice storm
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Keenan Baird, ISA board certified master arborist, Greenroots LLC:
"I mean, water weighs eight pounds a gallon. And you've got gallons of water on these trees. And the trees just simply aren't used to that amount of weight. And you got all of that on those lever arms."
7. Tight on worker hammering a wedge into a tree trunk
8. Wide of 45-foot pine tree being chopped down after damage due to ice storm
9. Wide of master arborist Keenan Baird hanging from a tree sawing off limbs
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Keenan Baird, ISA board certified master arborist, Greenroots LLC:
"My company does a lot of climbing work, so we access the trees with rope. Last night I was in a magnolia tree that had some branches on top of a bank and you know before that I'm making sure that there's no you know no broken branches in the line where I'm going to be clearing up and if there are when I get up there I'm gonna secure them lower them down as safely as possible. I'd say if you're not an experienced tree guy, please don't go out and buy a harness and from Home Depot, it's not worth the risk."
11. Mid of master arborist Keenan Baird hanging from a tree sawing off limbs
12. Wide of a tree limb dropping off the tree
13. Tight on master arborist Keenan Baird with his crew
13. Tight of master arborist Keenan Baird on top of a tall pine tree, UPSOUND (English) Keenan Baird, "Holy guacamole!"
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people are without power in Nashville, after a severe ice storm hit the area and many of these outages were caused by trees falling on power lines and poles.

As the city attempts to restore power, arborists are out working to help assess damage from trees broken, split or hanging over property, roads and vehicles.

Keenan Baird, an ISA board certified master arborist with his company Greenroots LLC, said his team has been out assessing the biggest problems that they can address quickly to prevent further damage.

"Monday, we got a tree off of an assisted living facility in Hendersonville that had fallen onto the corner of the roof, damaged the building," said Baird on Wednesday. "We want to make sure when we're going out, assessing work that we're triaging it, just like when you go to the hospital with an injury."

He said ice storms can cause massive damage to trees that is different than a windstorm or a tornado, because their branches act like levers on the trunk.



He said climbing icy trees can be dangerous because of the threat of broken branches over the crew as they are working.





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