Is there's a big branch hanging in the tree an emergency?
Call tonight. Unsupported mass held in place by friction and a bark hinge. There is no mechanism keeping it up that you can inspect or trust, and release does not require wind — plenty come down on still mornings. The trade name is literal: it kills people who are looking at something else on the ground.
What changes while you wait
Now, if anything you use daily sits beneath it — vehicles, a doorway, a sidewalk, a play set, a dog run. Barricade the area before you do anything else, because the hold genuinely cannot be judged from the ground. And time runs against you rather than proving anything: the bark hinge dries out and loses grip, and every gust and freeze-thaw cycle degrades it further. A hanger that has 'held for a week' is measurably weaker than it was, not validated.
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