An ice storm treats the fence lines around Burr Oak worse than it treats open pasture, coating every cedar and burr oak branch along the wire until some of them give way under the weight. Reeds Tree Care & Landscaping LLC comes through the next morning, clearing driveways first and then walking the fence lines and yard trees for anything hanging low enough to catch a fence, a roofline, or a parked truck. Ice like that has its own sound letting go — a crack, then a long slide of glassy branches down through the canopy — and the ground underneath ends up littered with limbs shining like they've been dipped in glass. A lane opened and the worst of the hanging wood brought down means a family isn't left guessing which branch falls next on the way to work. By afternoon, with the drive clear and the fence line checked, the oaks and cedars still standing hold what ice is left a little longer, catching the low winter sun like something lit from inside.