I took this early on 4/11/08. We had quite a storm the evening/night before. We recieved between 12-15 inches. Wind was 15mph with gust up to 35mph. It definately takes alot of strentgh from these trees to stand up/bend but not break from the weight of so much snow. This is the view from the back door of my old home, right on the Missisppi River.