View Full Version : A tree fell on my house
Silverraptor
2010-08-17, 11:50 AM
So I get a call friday 13th when I was working at a summer camp that one of the oak trees around my house had fallen over. Though luckily, no one was injured and the only part of the house damaged on the inside was my room (Naturally). The tree itself looked healthy and everything before the fall, but now we see that it was completely dead and rotted in the middle with several plants growing inside of it. We think the roots of these plants forced it open. The way the tree fell made it fall right between my house and our neighbors house with the exception of a few braches damaging the roof (And punching holes and cracks into my room). Had the tree fallen 90 degrees different, it would have landed on my neighbors house and my house dead on (It split right in 2), most likely killing my parents and my neighor's parents.
All in all though, it was really lucky and quite a suprise.
Edit: Aftermath pictures
Tree base
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_021.jpg
Close up of rot and roots growing inside tree
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_022.jpg
Totalled one of our cars
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_019.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_020.jpg
Tree still leaning on the house
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_023.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_024.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_025.jpg
Outside damage of my room
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_026.jpg
Inside damage of my room
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_016.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_017.jpg
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Mando Knight
2010-08-17, 11:56 AM
TREEVENGE! :durkon:
Well, at least no one was injured.
Recaiden
2010-08-17, 12:27 PM
:smalleek: I'm glad no one was injured by it.
Ilena
2010-08-17, 04:06 PM
SEE!? THE DWARVES HAVE IT RIGHT! TREES ARE OUT TA KILL YE! RUN FOR THE HILLS!
On a more serious note, glad noone was hurt, and very lucky that there wasnt TOO much damage.
Don Julio Anejo
2010-08-17, 05:42 PM
Pictures? lorem ipsum placeholder to make the post longer
CoffeeIncluded
2010-08-17, 05:45 PM
Holy crap!
Glad you're alright though. How badly damaged is your room?
Mauve Shirt
2010-08-17, 06:02 PM
And it happened on Friday the 13th! Glad you're alright!
Cealocanth
2010-08-17, 06:51 PM
Wow, now that's a Friday the 13th! Sorry about your house man.
The Antagonist
2010-08-17, 07:11 PM
Let me first point out the beautiful range in responses here:
"I'm sorry, that sucks!" "THIS IS ORC CONSPIRACY" "Do haz photos?"
And now let me say that I am sorry. Just be happy nobody was hurt, man, eh?
Lycan 01
2010-08-17, 08:11 PM
Dang dude! Glad you're okay! :smalleek:
Orzel
2010-08-17, 09:19 PM
Dang! Happy you survived.
The city chopped down the dead tree hovering over my room. No natural shade but I'll live... literally.
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll
2010-08-17, 11:21 PM
Once had the tree across from me fall over. It made a big bang, and when I looked out the window, there was a tree that had fallen *just* a little bit to the side of parallel across the street, and crushed the fence next to us. Because of the way my house is built, if it had fallen a bit to the left, it would have come crashing through my mum's office, and possibly through the bedroom directly above it where I was. It also totalled a car.
Oh man, so glad everyone's okay. Trees are dangerous. :smalleek:
Dr.Epic
2010-08-18, 03:59 AM
TREEVENGE! :durkon:
Exactly! We must destroy the woodland menace!
Dallas-Dakota
2010-08-18, 04:23 AM
Kill it with fire!
Also, glad everyone's OK.:smallsmile: Pics would be cool.
Allan Surgite
2010-08-18, 04:48 AM
This is because of global warming. CEASE YOUR SINNING WAYS AND REPENT!
*ahem* It's good to hear that the damage is not too bad; I certainly hope you can get repairs done on your room shortly. Alternatively: I guess you can sleep in a *puts sunglasses* treehouse from now on.
Starscream
2010-08-18, 07:17 AM
Glad everybody's fine. Sad your room isn't. Hope the damage isn't too severe.
Lord Loss
2010-08-18, 07:21 AM
Eeeeek!!! My tree did something Similar, but the whole tree didn't fall (only one of thoe huge branches connected to other branches. It didn't even go near the house). Poor, Poor Silverraptor :smalleek:. I hope the damage was minimal.
Dr.Epic
2010-08-18, 08:35 AM
In Soviet Russia, house fall on tree.
Don Julio Anejo
2010-08-18, 08:42 AM
In Soviet Russia, house fall on tree.
Given shoddy construction of houses in Soviet Russia, that one's actually true.
Starscream
2010-08-18, 10:41 AM
Given shoddy construction of houses in Soviet Russia, that one's actually true.
You mean they were created leaning against trees, so that they could fall on them? Or was the construction so bad that they were somehow able to fall up? The architect's name wasn't B. S. Johnson, was it?
ForzaFiori
2010-08-18, 10:56 AM
Dude this sucks. i'm always worried about this in storms, cause my house is in the middle of 10 acres of woods. I hope the damage wasn't to bad and you get everything fixed up pretty quickly.
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll
2010-08-18, 11:08 AM
You mean they were created leaning against trees, so that they could fall on them? Or was the construction so bad that they were somehow able to fall up? The architect's name wasn't B. S. Johnson, was it?
Totally off topic, but Bergholt Stuttley sounds like a really good name for a cheese...
In Soviet Russia, house fall on tree.
They don't have trees in Russia, silly! :smalltongue:
Galdor
2010-08-18, 11:51 AM
The same happened to me in a windstorm a few years back, except it only damaged our back deck and our outdoor furniture.
THE TREES ARE ATTACKIN'! RUN FER YOUR LIVES!
In all seriousness, glad no one was hurt.
Dallas-Dakota
2010-08-18, 01:31 PM
STAND AND FIGHT, YA WUSS, FIGHT FOR YA HOME' AND BREWERY!
Though in all honesty, I am most definetly surprised that you're still using that avatar made by me.:smallredface:
J.Gellert
2010-08-18, 01:39 PM
That's scary. We have a huge tree in the yard. Been wondering (quite often) about what would happen if it fell - but mostly jokingly, because it's useful for shadow and for hiding the ugly neighbors' houses from our view. It looks strong, but now I'll keep thinking if it's rotting on the inside.
Great, now let's see if I can sleep tonight.
Silverraptor
2010-08-18, 07:03 PM
I come with pictures of the aftermath. I apologize for not getting pictures of the tree fallen over.
Tree base
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_021.jpg
Close up of rot and roots growing inside tree
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_022.jpg
Totalled one of our cars
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_019.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_020.jpg
Tree still leaning on the house
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_023.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_024.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_025.jpg
Outside damage of my room
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_026.jpg
Inside damage of my room
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_016.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_017.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/silverraptor_photo/IMAGE_018.jpg
I'll put this is the OP as well.
*Warning>> Screen stretch*
CoffeeIncluded
2010-08-18, 07:26 PM
Wow. Holy crap.
Also, major screen stretch there.
CrimsonAngel
2010-08-18, 08:33 PM
I'm sure duct tape will fix all of that. :smallannoyed:
That's sort of lucky in a realy unlucky way.
Kiren
2010-08-19, 12:43 AM
Damn, glad no one was hurt, I hope the repairs don't cost you much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zamgAx5TtY8
I couldn't resist the link, sorry.
Seriously, its very good no one was hurt.
Silverraptor
2010-08-19, 12:50 AM
Damn, glad no one was hurt, I hope the repairs don't cost you much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zamgAx5TtY8
I couldn't resist the link, sorry.
Seriously, its very good no one was hurt.
That was pretty funny.:smallbiggrin:
binyamin20
2010-08-19, 01:02 AM
A useful tip for checking if your tree is alive: give the tree a small cut. If the inside is green then it's alive, if it isn't then CUT IT DOWN.
P.S. Sorry for your loss dude.
P.P.S And on Friday the 13th...:smalleek:
InyutheBeatIs
2010-08-19, 01:05 AM
Okay, firstly, sorry for the damage that it caused. Glad no one got hurt (except for that poor house...no one cares about the house! :smallfrown:).
To put this in a different light, let's look at our little friends that may have caused this. No, not wee little fairies, the plants growing inside the tree. If you think about it, isn't it mind blowing that, in the wierdest places, life can grow like that? And that that life is so powerful, that it can topple over an oak tree. I mean, think about it for a second. Imagine the energy that must have took to have done that.
Okay, philosophical lecture over. Just thought about that, and thought to share that with the internet. :smallbiggrin:
Silverraptor
2010-08-20, 07:19 PM
Thanks everyone. Oh, and by the way, I live in California and it's illegal to cut down an oak because it's endangered. We can trim it back, but we can't cut it down. The insurance guy said that there should be an exception to the law if the tree is sick like how ours was since it could kill someone, but ya we have to let it fall on its own.
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