The weight of about an inch of accumulated ice on its limbs became too much for the twisted trunk of a very old tree, which was nearly three feet in diameter where it busted. The rest of the tree (unseen, to the left of this 24 mm wide-angle view) still stood. It was allowed an opportunity to recover because of a large, nearly vertical branch that remained intact just below the location of the break, about 30 feet above ground level. I was outside and nearby when this fell, but fortunately, wasn’t standing underneath! Weighing several tons, this trunk sounded a loud report when it split, before crashing through and demolishing a couple of smaller, also ice-coated trees on its way down. My chainsaw went through a tank of gas and couple of doses of bar and chain oil just in carving up this big hoss alone.
Norman OK (10 Dec 7) Looking SWFrozen Mayhem
The weight of about an inch of accumulated ice on its limbs became too much for the twisted trunk of a very old tree, which was nearly three feet in diameter where it busted. The rest of the tree (unseen, to the left of this 24 mm wide-angle view) still stood. It was allowed an opportunity to recover because of a large, nearly vertical branch that remained intact just below the location of the break, about 30 feet above ground level. I was outside and nearby when this fell, but fortunately, wasn’t standing underneath! Weighing several tons, this trunk sounded a loud report when it split, before crashing through and demolishing a couple of smaller, also ice-coated trees on its way down. My chainsaw went through a tank of gas and couple of doses of bar and chain oil just in carving up this big hoss alone.
Norman OK (10 Dec 7) Looking SW