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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
Weight, age, disease, heavy rain saturated ground, and Spanish moss. Any old tree with rot internally can come down any time. Rare but happens. IMO Silver maples are even worse, Hugh limbs grow latterly can fall out of them on clear day with no wind. Odds are not going to happen unless severe conditions but it happens. I use to live on Omaha Ne. Happen there with silver maples. Glad I don’t have Hugh oaks in my yard with laterally running limbs weighed down with Spanish moss when rains.
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Ground moist but not saturated. Southern area has not been hit with much rain.
Tree did not appear to have any internal rot. Looked like good condition.
Roots seemed shallow, but not excessively.
Winds were a gentle breeze. 1 to 7 mph. No gusts.
Anyone with a tree within falling onto house distance is at risk. No warning, no prediction.