BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. -- Tree removal companies like Bartlett Tree Experts in Syracuse, responding to constant calls about downed trees and branches, say the best way to protect your property is prevention. That means clearing snow off precarious tree limbs immediately after a storm.

"For safety reasons, to keep the excessive weight off long limbs, dangerous, dangerous limbs that may be hanging over a roof or a driveway that don't have a good connection or a branch union as we call it, so take weight off that. Regular inspections to make sure that the tree is growing correctly and has the proper structure to be safe", says Greg Portzline, arborist representative. 

Bartlett says they got around 40 calls this past weekend alone.