Big, Old Trees...Snapped like toothpicks!!!

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Nature can deliver some bizarre events, no doubt. In the '90s, we had a tornado cut across one end of the property, which plucked massive pecan trees out of the ground like weeds. During that same event, probably 1000' east of the tornado path, a microburst snapped the top 10-20' out of a dozen <50' tall pine trees. Literally, directly under one of those trees, sat a light weight domed smoker, a foldable Aussie Grill, and several folding lawn chairs, none of which were disturbed.
 
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substratum said:
Nature can deliver some bizarre events, no doubt. In the '90s, we had a tornado cut across one end of the property, which plucked massive pecan trees out of the ground like weeds. During that same event, probably 1000' east of the tornado path, a microburst snapped the top 10-20' out of a dozen <50' tall pine trees. Literally, directly under one of those trees, sat a light weight domed smoker, a foldable Aussie Grill, and several folding lawn chairs, none of which were disturbed.
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Wow that's wild!
 
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I'm pretty sure it was an alien ship making a low pass and wasn't paying attention :eek:
 
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just.wing.it said:
What the hell?
Microburst?....

https://www.google.com/amp/s/weathe...tery-100-trees-fall-northwest-washington.html
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"Interestingly, the tree fall was picked up as seismic activity,..."
That's a heck of an anomaly weather event. The article said some of the trees were snapped off at the base. It provides an answer to the age-old question,
"If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is there to feel it, does it hit the ground with enough impact to be felt?" :)
 
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