ation of last year's drought and the potential high wind from Francine could spill disaster for trees new's best cly spoke to an arborist who says not to wait another second to call if you're concerned about any in your yard I've been doing this for nearly 30 years Scott Courtright with the Louisiana Tree Service says every time meteorologists mention the HW Panic sets in we are getting unated with phone calls right now people want to have our tree have their trees checked out with a storm brewing in the gulf and on a potential path through the capitol region it's understandable for people to be worried particularly when you factor in the effects of last year's drought so last year's drought had profound impact on the tree canopy in south Louisiana while the drought killed a lot of trees he says your seemingly healthy looking tree may also be in distress a lot of those trees have died and those are easy to spot but there's a lot of effect that are harder to spot so the average person that maybe isn't educated in arbic culture or trees they see their tree and see green leaves on it think everything's okay and that may not be the case a little false sense of security that coupled with this time of year this time of year we're seeing acorns and pecans and fruits starting to set on trees so the limbs are heavier than they would normally be and potential hurricane force winds could spell disaster for your trees or property Court writes says some of the storm related anxiety can be soothed with regular tree inspections from a licensed arborist throughout the year but if you haven't done that and are concerned about a tree in your property call one now if it is right now and you've got a tree you're worried about right now certainly you can give an arborus a call to come out and take a look at that tree they may be able to give you some knowledge and spot some things I just don't know if anything can be done about that given only a couple days before we have this hurricane make landfall in Baton Rouge best cerly WBZ News 2 court right strongly advises against trimming trees yourself if you've never done it