It is one of the draw backs of having old growth foliage. Besides the damage to your house it is sad to lose a grand old tree like that.

But if it had to happen, it sounds like the timing is about as good as it was going to get.

Best of luck and good wishes that the rest of your day is better

we fell in love with the house because that beautiful tree....but I start freaking out that if any family was there...someone could have been hurt...deep breath....and many beers

and nobody heard the tree fall -- see where I'm going with this?

I hope you all are all right

Fortunately no such here in southern MD, but heard a lot of LOUD claps last night. All the trees (and 100+ year old house) appear to be OK.

our beautiful tree...not only am I so sad about my house, I'm sad about our tree....I'm just strange about foliage

and we have some really big and old trees here. Whole place would look different without them. One 'small' one came down due a storm last month, and the good part is it's 'removal' gave me a better view of sunrise (through my bedroom window.) Birds (osprey these days) like to perch on one of them, enables me to get pics. Neighbor/landlord thinks it might have to come down 'sometime,' hope not ON the house. Fingers crossed.

from insurance, all due to storm/tree damage.
most of the big trees around their house are gone now.

I know it is a major PITA to have to wait. Is insurance picking up your hotel bill since the damage?

least get an allowance....just like the military, soon use to that

Where in Virginia? My brother lives there, and I am wondering if he saw anything like that kind of a storm where he lives.

By the way, I'm in Belgium once a week for my work. The weather there isn't always very pleasant, either.