If only the top half of a tree falls in a back yard, does it still do damage? Well, of course it does! And we were even here to see and hear it.
Never a dull moment around here, that's for sure.
Thankfully, the tree did not hit the house...the deck (on the other people's half), though, and the swing set (the tree fell onto the other people's "half," but it's technically joint property). The falling tree gods were on our side, though, because the mom and 5-year-old who were out in the back yard were not hurt, and it fell four hours
before the birthday party for their 11-year-old took place in that same backyard. So if it was going down, it went down in the best way it could.
Can you believe that's only part of the tree? You can see here that it was just one portion of the top half of the tree that broke off. We're thinking from looking at it that it had been traumatized at some point (maybe lightning?) and that weakened it.
It's windy again today and I find myself looking at the remaining trees with a wary eye.
3 comments:
Holy cow- was it that windy??? So glad all the people and the house are OK. I bet the slide is a little worse for wear, though.
Ack! Glad all are well!
OMC! Everyone is so lucky to be ok. That is quite a tree..and to have seen it go down is quite amazing.
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