Thanks, Tom, I found the ISA pamphlet on the web with no problem. I had tried a search here on Arboristsite for "Cabling" and I was spending a lot of time looking through places where it was mentioned but where there were few details and gudelines. I'm not scared of research, but time is precious, and my dial up is slow. The ISA pamphlet looks like just what I need - also saw a lot of other good publications that I would like to have.
Treeseer - yep, thanks, I want more info. So many trees went through roofs down here that everybody seems to want to cut cut them all down. I'm thinking maybe the trees pushed a lot of the wind up high, over the tops of the houses, possibly saving many houses from worse damage. Where I spent the storm (surrounded by tall pines) we had probably 150 mph gusts over the tops of the trees, but the house I was in saw nothing more than (I am guessing) 25 mph. No broken windows, not even a shingle blown off the roof. Fortunately the trees that fell did not hit the house.
In Slidell, Eden Isle, Chalmette - places that had no trees - there are far more houses destroyed all the way to the slab or pilings. Of course, those places were also closer to the Southeast quadrant of the storm.
Anyway, after the "Removal and Cleanup" phase is over, I'm looking forward to something more constructive. Saving the remaining trees.