. >> reporter: ryan palmer says maintaining your large trees can help prevent these kind of stents. >> you can have them trimmed, thinned up, light end up away from the house and make 'em safe. every 5 to 7 years is a good rule of thumb. sometimes fertilizer them once every 10 or 15 years will do. >> reporter: having dealt with clean ups in major storms for many years, brian and his crew are convinced that this storm did not include a tornado. >> tornadoes, a strong tornado, will spiral, so you will have stuff goin' in every different direction. so i'm not convinced that it was a tornado but it was just high winds coming threw in one direction. >> reporter: tornado or not, the battered residents here in parkville continue to clean up and remain grateful for no serious injuries. in parkville, tim rutherford, abc 2 news. . >>> all right. on the weather front today, you know, we're still waiting to hear from the national weather service on exactly what type of storm that was that came through the parkville area, the northeast part of town. want to just quickly before we get into weather