HIXON, Tenn. -- Tree trimmers in Hixson, Tennessee, stirred up an allergy-sufferer's nightmare. Video shows a falling river birch tree erupting into a plume of pollen. Timberline Outdoors called it a ...

One of the warmest winters on record in our part of the state led to an early appearance of that vernal vexation — pollen — which Mother Nature applies like the first layer of a powder coat paint job.