Tress have leaves all season long and less now than most of Hurricane season
May be refering to some activity on the West side where some snow may be possible. That on leaves brings trees down
Also will shorten tourist/leaf-peeping season.
We haven’t had a good freeze up here in NH. There are still quite a few leaves still on the trees. A good wind will bring them down.
The update has increased windspeeds to category 3 windspeed at 124 mph in some areas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dWXKhBYoKk
Depends on how saturated the ground already is. We had a pretty wet season before Nate hit and there weren't a lot of downed trees for 100+ MPH winds. Nate did knock a lot of dead wood out of the trees and hasten the defoliation of those that shed their leaves in the Fall....