Ginger, I can only imagine how hard it is to see such devastation. You just need to start over with your clean pallet, sun loving plants. I know when Charley took out all my Turkey Oaks in my front garden, we planted a live oak, much better for high winds, that was almost fifteen years ago, that oak is beautiful now, much better than those Turkey oaks were.
I guess by footballs you mean the stumps of the trees? New growth is a great sign.
