Some trees just need to be cut down, before they FALL down!

[BlueRidgeMark]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38814121/ns/world_news-europe/

When common sense takes a back seat....

A global campaign to save the chestnut, widely known as The Anne Frank Tree, was launched in 2007 after city officials deemed it a safety hazard and ordered it felled. The tree was granted a last-minute reprieve after a battle in court.

The 150-year-old tree suffered from fungus and moths that had caused more than half its trunk to rot.

Support system
Two years ago city workmen encased the trunk in a steel support system to prevent it from falling, but that failed under windy weather Monday.

The Netherlands' Trees Institute, one of the most prominent supporters of the preservation project, said it was "unpleasantly surprised" by the news of the tree's fall early Monday afternoon.

"unpleasantly surprised" ? Only because you are STUPID!

If someone had been killed, would they have been pleasantly surprised?

 

[TrillPhil]

"I can't believe the steel didn't hold a tree up, it's only wood!"

"Should've used US steel?"

"Maybe we should have used more steel?"

This is what I assume they were thinking. Of course I am sure they didn't think "Well I just wasted a few years of my life on the inevitable."

 

[kate.elwood]

Monument or no monument, if it's a safety hazard than it has to come down. Thankfully no one got hurt.