Scary stuff, glad you got it under control. Skyler217 is right, those minutes are the worst. Sounds like you did exactly what you had to do up there.

Check the humidity in your shop last week.

My Austin property tax bill jumped 40% after the first year, so always budget for that.

See your point but the beep is way clearer in loud shops. Had my clicker fail mid job cause I just couldn't hear it over the noise.

That's a tough spot. I've seen this exact thing happen with a client's oak in Sylvania. They cut three major surface roots for a patio and the tree was on the ground after the next windy night. A cable might buy some time, but is it really fixing the problem? The tree lost a main anchor. How much stress can that trunk take before it just gives up? I'd be worried it's a band-aid on a much bigger wound.