Storm season is tree season.
Pinellas sits on a peninsula off a peninsula. Every tree decision here is secretly a storm decision — these guides put the before, the during and the after in one place.
Trees decide most of what a hurricane costs a Pinellas homeowner — and most of that gets decided before June. UF’s post-hurricane research is clear on what survives (live oaks, sabal palms, cypress) and what doesn’t (laurel oaks, queen palms, Australian pines), and equally clear that the two most-sold “preparations” — hurricane-cutting palms and gutting oak canopies — make failure MORE likely. This hub is the honest version.
Storm mode, on this site
When a storm threatens Pinellas, this site switches into storm mode: an emergency banner sitewide and triage-first response. After a storm we work a priority order — people and structures first, access second, cleanup third — and clear photo sets get honest answers about where a job sits in that line.
Before: real preparation
What actually reduces risk — and the two popular services that raise it.
Read the guide →After: triage & documentation
Safety order, insurance photos, leaners and hangers — the morning-after playbook.
Read the guide →The leaner
New lean, lifted soil — reading the tree that started falling and paused.
Read the guide →Tell Cody about your tree.
Three fields. He answers his own phone — you’ll hear back fast.
Faster: text a photo of the tree to (727) 761-8618.