Tree Problems

:date: 2025-04-29 08:53 :tags:

Here is something I worry about.

I was out walking with Mya in a pretty intense wind storm and I heard a tree fall. With all that experience being out in the forest in challenging weather I know exactly what trees sound like when they fall and this didn't sound normal. Sure enough, this one had hit a neighbor's house.

With the power cutting out all evening I didn't have anything better to do than apply some engineering physics to cure the problem.

Luckily no damage done by the falling tree or me getting it off the roof.

Some people worry about my safety when I go out into the forest during high winds. But I think of it like the lottery. Are you going to win the lottery? The statistical answer is clear  —  no. But what if you buy two tickets? Well, still no. What about ten? Nope, still very unlikely to happen. That's like going out into the forest on a windy day  —  the stronger the wind, the more lottery tickets. Yes, I may be many times more likely to be crushed by something on a windy day, but the odds are that I'll just hear more things crashing around me. Don't get complacent, but the forest is a big place. As you can see, it's probably worth being more worried about a tree falling on you when you don't leave the house!