Into Everyone’s Life Some Trees Must Fall
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (65394)
United States
June 17, 2024 10:25pm CST
When I first bought this house 35 years ago, there was a big tree in the middle of the back yard. My dear mother of blessed memory said, “That’s coming down.” And it did: she had it removed.
That was the only tree on my property. In the 35 years that I’ve lived here I’ve had three trees decide to plop down on my yard.
The most recent event happened today. I heard the fence rattle, so I checked my security camera. I saw nothing, so I assumed it was a cat jumping the fence.
A few minutes later my doorbell rang. It was my next door neighbor, informing me that I had a tree down in the back yard.
The photo is what happened.
We weren’t having and storms, and it wasn’t windy. A friend of mine said, “It probably just passed out from the heat!”
As I said, this is the third time it’s happened. As with the other two instances, it missed any “expensive repair” things as it fell, like a building (in this case, it would have been the garage). I will need to get a post and panel of my privacy fence repaired, but that’s about it…save for chopping it up, of course.
Ah, Monday….![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbdown.gif)
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@FourWalls (65394)
• United States
18 Jun
If he helps or knows how to repair the damage to the fence I’ll be happy.
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@LadyDuck (467179)
• Switzerland
18 Jun
@FourWalls I hope he will, after all the problems are caused by HIS tree.
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@FourWalls (65394)
• United States
18 Jun
It was on the neighbor’s property. Believe it or not, that’s just (just????) a large branch that came down…large enough to cover the entire width of my back yard! The neighbor (on the other side of my property) who told me about it said he’d get his chainsaw out in the morning and chop it up.
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@JudyEv (334404)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jun
@FourWalls I'm glad you'll have help to remove it. That must be a huge branch.
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@kaylachan (65348)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jun
Well, we have that happen sometimes. The important thing is that no one was hurt. Repairs are minnor.
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@kaylachan (65348)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jun
@FourWalls That's great! We had a tree that broke, kinda, we decided to leave it because George likes watching the birds and squrils make homes in it.
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@FourWalls (65394)
• United States
18 Jun
No humans or animals were harmed in the collapse of this tree. ![](/Content/images/emotes/lol.gif)
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@Tampa_girl7 (49864)
• United States
18 Jun
You were blessed to not have major damage.
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@FourWalls (65394)
• United States
18 Jun
Falling trees took out TWO houses not too far from where I live last year. I am very blessed!
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@zhangxueying (3329)
• China
18 Jun
It is gratifying that we have not received any losses or injuries
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@BarBaraPrz (46490)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 Jun
It's never the tree you want to go down... I had a nice nectarine tree in my last place taken down by carpenter ants, right at the root crown, meanwhile the weedtree in the next yard continued to reach over the fence...
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@LeaPea2417 (37339)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Jun
Oh goodness, that is one of my biggest fears. There are trees in our yard and woods that I pray never fall on their own ![](/Content/images/emotes/fear.gif)
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@FourWalls (65394)
• United States
18 Jun
The biggest tree was taken down when I bought the house by my worrywart mother (although I completely concurred with her). A couple of years ago my next-door neighbor (with the chainsaw) and I split the bill on having a tree on someone else’s property cut down…because it was leaning toward us!
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@wolfgirl569 (102054)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Jun
I hope they pay for the damage. Glad it missed everything expensive
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@RasmaSandra (77609)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jun
I hope the neighbor will help clear the tree and fix the fence
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@FourWalls (65394)
• United States
18 Jun
He’s already been over to access the damage.
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
18 Jun
You have weak trees! lol I'm glad it didn't do more damage. Do you have a fireplace? Instant firewood. Have a good day.
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@FourWalls (65394)
• United States
18 Jun
No fireplace, but my neighbor with the chainsaw has a fire pit. ![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
19 Jun
@FourWalls I'm sure he will appreciate the wood.
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@FourWalls (65394)
• United States
18 Jun
It’s not significant because I have central air conditioning. The only thing that tree shades is the garage.
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