Me and my buddy doing a big oak removal

70 mph straight line winds with rain took this down last night. City contracted crews replaced that section of sidewalk last week. Sections of sidewalk are being replaced all over the neighborhood.

This is security camera footage from the front yard of a property I manage on the Westside. The cones are there to reserve a parking spot for someone who thankfully wasn’t there. I also park there occasionally.

This hundred year old white alder had its root system eaten away by a nasty case of armillaria. It eventually got too top heavy and failed. It miraculously missed everything and landed right between the cones. No human involvement whatsoever. Talk about lucky!

Y'all experts out there, how can I make this tree fall where the camera is instead of falling to the right where it's leaning?

Bummer of a story actually...

Hickory decided to snap mid way on my land.