Widow makers !!!

[pitdog]

Check out these 3 trees across the trail( Mrs Pit as a size comparison), I walked here last week and it was clear....scary stuff eh !

 

[Mack]

Ah, you got some of that wind last week huh.
SWMBO said She had some 60 plus mph gusts down on the Oregon coast too.
We have several pine trees that stand well over 100 ft tall around the house. I'm always scared they will come down in the wind.

 

[LMT66]

The question is.... if no one was there when they fell, did they make noise falling?

That's a lot of weight that came down! High winds eh? See any homeless squirrels?

 

[lambertiana]

It just goes to show you that you have to always be alert.

And for another example of a widowmaker tree, check this out:

http://www.kaweahcommonwealth.com/08-03/giant/fallen_giant.htm

 

[TheGame]

We haven't had much wind, but there is an enormous tree right out back, that was cracking at the base the last ice storm we had. Scary stuff.

 

[Bushman5]

damn! you guys got the wind to eh? I cant wait to go to Lighthouse Park this week and check out the damage.

 

[LMT66]

It just goes to show you that you have to always be alert.

And for another example of a widowmaker tree, check this out:

http://www.kaweahcommonwealth.com/08-03/giant/fallen_giant.htm

No pine tree air freshener needed there!
Looks like it was a Jeep Grand Cherokee?
(I'm assuming no one was injured as folks are smiling in photos)

 

[KuRUpTD]

Would've been a very bad day for anyone setting up camp there

 

[Bushman5]

DAMN! looks like an old big cedar hit that jeep......damn......

 

[jimh0220]

The question is.... if no one was there when they fell, did they make noise falling?

That's a lot of weight that came down! High winds eh? See any homeless squirrels?

Homeless squirrels? What do you think is under the trees!:barf:

 

[KuRUpTD]

WHOA ... hope his insurance was up to date

 

[Rotte]

Could have been a bad day...

 

[DOC-CANADA]

Check out these 3 trees across the trail( Mrs Pit as a size comparison), I walked here last week and it was clear....scary stuff eh !

Widow maker, eh?

Weren't there the last time you hiked through?

The always lovely Mrs. Pit in the picture.............. Are you suggesting she was setting you up??????

Just askin'................

Doc

 

[Tuxdad]

YYIKKKEESSS !!! Hopefully no one was in that vehicle !!

 

[RoyalM]

Looks like the work of Ewoks if you ask me. You weren't wearing this the last time you walked there were you?

 

[Bushman5]

hahahahaha

 

[PG5768]

Here's a link to the article on lambertiana post. No one was hurt.

Link

Pitdog, sorry for the side track.

The only time I experienced a wind storm in the forest was in Yellowstone. Trees were falling around us (mostly lodgepole pines) so we high-tailed it back to the road and our car. Kind of a bummer, because we were catching a fish on almost every cast at the ittle lake that we'd hiked to.

 

[Mack]

Looks like the work of Ewoks if you ask me. You weren't wearing this the last time you walked there were you?

Fixed. Personally, I never go anywhere without my EWOK.