Tree crushes car in Bermuda

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Bermie

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Can't find the picture, but an old poinciana fell on a car JUST as it was passing. They say the reason the tree fell is a mystery, I went to look at the stump, old concrete cavity filling, multiple cavities, residual wall about 10% heartwood decay, stress cracks and a truck clipped it! Thank God the people inside were OK.
 
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pictures

Here is the picture of the tree, what's left of it!
You can see the old concrete filling in the cavity to the left.
 
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Thanks for the pics Bermie. Looks like a flush cut started the process.
Someone thought they were making the tree safer by removing that big limb?

Yeah right.:dizzy:
 
Well, back in the day, flush cuts and cavity filling were what was done, it's only now when these things are failing that the new science is proving its worth! That tree was probably well over 50 years old.
 

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