Survivor Tree Damaged
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (71337)
United States
October 27, 2020 1:24pm CST
One of the iconic symbols of determination is the “Survivor Tree” in Oklahoma City. It took the full impact of the terrorist truck bomb that destroyed the Murrah Federal Building in 1995 and, as the name implies, survived.
Today (10/27) it has been damaged by an ice storm.
The storm has caused massive power outages and damages to trees throughout the region in Oklahoma where it hit. And it’s not finished: more ice is forecast for tomorrow.
One of the Oklahoma City TV stations’ web site showed the National Park Service propping up the damaged portion of the tree, both for safety measures and to help preserve it.
I was just at the Oklahoma City Memorial last month. I hope that tree can survive yet again!
Here’s a photo I took of the tree when I was there earlier this year.
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@FourWalls (71337)
• United States
27 Oct 20
When I was there in mid-September, I had to retreat from my plan to make it to Colorado (one of 11 states I haven’t been to yet) because of a snow storm. 
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@FourWalls (71337)
• United States
27 Oct 20
@pjmurphy — if you don’t live there, apparently you’re missing their weird weather! 
What I’ve read is that their proximity to the Rockies allows for weather systems to beat them up (along with surrounding areas, like the Texas panhandle) when they come over the mountain range. Whatever, I’m glad I don’t live there! I have all I can take dealing with Ohio Valley weather!
What I’ve read is that their proximity to the Rockies allows for weather systems to beat them up (along with surrounding areas, like the Texas panhandle) when they come over the mountain range. Whatever, I’m glad I don’t live there! I have all I can take dealing with Ohio Valley weather! @pjmurphy (2499)
• United States
27 Oct 20
@FourWalls Oklahoma? What am I missing?
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@rebelann (113205)
• El Paso, Texas
28 Oct 20
I don't want either @FourWalls We got 1/2" of snow here today and that's about all I can handle, it's just way too cold for these old bones.
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@FourWalls (71337)
• United States
28 Oct 20
One of the OKC TV stations' web sites said that the tree lost a branch in an ice storm ten years ago, so apparently it isn't anything new. But the website also said that ice storm's been going on for two days.
Ick. My prayers to them. I'd rather have 25 inches of snow than .25 of ice! 
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@RasmaSandra (82412)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Oct 20
That is a lovely tree I sure hope it will survive. I remember a skinny and slightly crooked pine tree back in Latvia where we lived along a country road. After some heavy snow, my husband and I saw it looked like it would fall over and it was so sad. But we propped it up and got it sturdy and after the winter we were happy to see that it was alive and growing,
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@LindaOHio (183886)
• United States
28 Oct 20
I hope they are able to save the tree.
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@FourWalls (71337)
• United States
27 Oct 20
I hope so. Oklahoma City has a lot of wild weather, from ice storms like this one to tornadoes. Some of the branches may have to go, but hopefully the tree will remain intact.
