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YOU CAN SEE HOW DANGEROUS THIS LIMB IS HERE AT ANDREA LLOYDS HOME. WITH THE HELP OF HER STEPDAD. IT WAS PULLED OFF HER ROOF AND DRAGGED HERE TO THE BACKYARD. IT WAS COMPLETELY TERRIFYING, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT COULD HAVE WENT THROUGH MY WINDOW, WHICH IT DIDNT. ANDREA SAYS SHE WAS SLEEPING HERE WHEN THE LIMB CAME TO A CRASHING HALT LAST NIGHT, JUST INCHES FROM HER BED. SEVEN INCHES FROM MY HEAD. HOLES IN HER ROOF ARE NOW CAULKED. SEE WHERE THIS HOLE LANDED TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE. LIKE IT WENT RIGHT THROUGH. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STATE LINE IN NORTH KANSAS CITY, A CREW FROM RENE MARTINEZ TREE SERVICE WAS REMOVING BRANCHES AND LIMBS AWAY FROM A POWER LINE TO PREVENT THE KIND OF DAMAGE ANDREA NOW HAS ANY HOMEOWNER THAT HAS ANY KIND OF TREE THAT MAINTENANCE ON THE TREE IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT. RENE MARTINEZ, JUNIOR RECOMMENDS TREE MAINTENANCE EVERY 5 TO 5 AND A HALF YEARS. ANDREA TELLS US SHE JUST HAD SOME WORK DONE. MOST IMPORTANT TO HER. ANDREAS FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, SHEILA, WAS NOT HOME WITH HER AT THE TIME THE TREE LIMB CRASHED. THAT WOULD HAVE SCARED HER COMPLETELY. BUT I HAD MY DOG WITH ME AND WHERE IT FELL, MY WINDOW. MY HEAD WAS RIGHT AT THE WINDOW WHERE IT COULD HAVE WENT THROUGH. ANDREA TELLS US SHE DOES HAVE INSURANCE. THERES ALREADY BEEN RAIN HERE AND WITH POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER ON THE WAY, SHE WANTS TO GET THAT ROOF FIXED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IN KC, K ANDY ALCOCK KMBC NINE NEWS. WE ARE TOLD THAT TREE MAINTENANCE CAN RUN INTO THE HUNDREDS, EVEN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DEPENDING ON THE WOR