Fallen Oak Tree - Revision history

Lorensen at 19:17, 29 October 2009

2009-10-29T19:17:37Z

Lorensen at 18:48, 5 July 2009

2009-07-05T18:48:19Z

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	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree "tipped over." Here you can see the roots pulled out of the ground. We have sandy soil.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree "tipped over." Here you can see the roots pulled out of the ground. We have sandy soil.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree7.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree landed between our newly finished porch and our shed.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree7.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree landed between our newly finished porch and our shed.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture~~ of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|[http://wardbrotherstreeservice.com/ The Ward Brothers] to the rescue. We have had to take down many trees over the 38 years we have lived in this house. For almost all of our tree work, we have used the Ward Brothers. In the early days they had very little equipment and mainly worked as a twosome. Over the years, they added people and equipment. They have always done a great job. As soon as the tree fell, I called them.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB2.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture of the tree~~.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB2.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|Now they have a crane. They moved it into our side yard.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB3.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture~~ of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB3.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|We decided to remove the other oak that grow up with the fallen oak. We did not want to have that one fall on our neighbor's hose. There is one of the Wards in the tree, lifted there by the crane.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB4.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB4.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>

Lorensen at 15:57, 5 July 2009

2009-07-05T15:57:30Z

Lorensen at 23:53, 1 July 2009

2009-07-01T23:53:52Z

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-ON July 20, 2008 we had a nasty thunderstorm. I went out on the back porch to watch the lightning. This was about a week after our exterior remodeling project was completed. I looked to the south where most of the thunder and lightning originated. It was very windy. As I turned back to to the east, I noticed one of our large oak tress had fallen, not far from the porch.
+[[Image:TheFallenTree2008.jpg|thumb|500px]]On July 20, 2008 we had a nasty thunderstorm. I went out on the back porch to watch the lightning. This was about a week after our exterior remodeling project was completed. I looked to the south where most of the thunder and lightning originated. It was very windy. As I turned back to to the east, I noticed one of our large oak tress had fallen, not far from the porch.
 <div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree1.jpg|thumb|400px|A picture of the tree just after it fell, taken from the back porch.]]</div>
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 <div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree6.jpg|thumb|400px|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
 <div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree7.jpg|thumb|400px|A picture of the tree.]]</div>

Lorensen: New page: ON July 20, 2008 we had a nasty thunderstorm. I went out on the back porch to watch the lightning. This was about a week after our exterior remodeling project was completed. I looked to th...

2009-06-30T04:11:38Z

New page: ON July 20, 2008 we had a nasty thunderstorm. I went out on the back porch to watch the lightning. This was about a week after our exterior remodeling project was completed. I looked to th...

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ON July 20, 2008 we had a nasty thunderstorm. I went out on the back porch to watch the lightning. This was about a week after our exterior remodeling project was completed. I looked to the south where most of the thunder and lightning originated. It was very windy. As I turned back to to the east, I noticed one of our large oak tress had fallen, not far from the porch.

<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree1.jpg|thumb|400px|A picture of the tree just after it fell, taken from the back porch.]]</div>
<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree2.jpg|thumb|400px|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree3.jpg|thumb|400px|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree4.jpg|thumb|400px|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree5.jpg|thumb|400px|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree6.jpg|thumb|400px|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree7.jpg|thumb|400px|A picture of the tree.]]</div>

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:48, 5 July 2009
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	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree "tipped over." Here you can see the roots pulled out of the ground. We have sandy soil.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree "tipped over." Here you can see the roots pulled out of the ground. We have sandy soil.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree7.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree landed between our newly finished porch and our shed.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree7.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree landed between our newly finished porch and our shed.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture~~ of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|[http://wardbrotherstreeservice.com/ The Ward Brothers] to the rescue. We have had to take down many trees over the 38 years we have lived in this house. For almost all of our tree work, we have used the Ward Brothers. In the early days they had very little equipment and mainly worked as a twosome. Over the years, they added people and equipment. They have always done a great job. As soon as the tree fell, I called them.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB2.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture of the tree~~.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB2.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|Now they have a crane. They moved it into our side yard.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB3.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture~~ of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB3.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|We decided to remove the other oak that grow up with the fallen oak. We did not want to have that one fall on our neighbor's hose. There is one of the Wards in the tree, lifted there by the crane.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB4.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB4.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>

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	[[Image:TheFallenTree2008.jpg\|thumb\|500px]]On July 20, 2008 we had a nasty thunderstorm. I went out on the back porch to watch the lightning. This was about a week after our exterior remodeling project was completed. I looked to the south where most of the thunder and lightning originated. It was very windy. As I turned back to to the east, I noticed one of our large oak ~~tress~~ had fallen, not far from the porch. I didn't hear a sound. This puts to rest the question "If a tree falls in the woods does it make a sound?"		[[Image:TheFallenTree2008.jpg\|thumb\|500px]]On July 20, 2008 we had a nasty thunderstorm. I went out on the back porch to watch the lightning. This was about a week after our exterior remodeling project was completed. I looked to the south where most of the thunder and lightning originated. It was very windy. As I turned back to to the east, I noticed one of our large oak trees had fallen, not far from the porch. I didn't hear a sound. This puts to rest the question "If a tree falls in the woods does it make a sound?"

	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree just after it fell, taken from the back porch.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree just after it fell, taken from the back porch.]]</div>
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	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|[http://wardbrotherstreeservice.com/ The Ward Brothers] to the rescue. We have had to take down many trees over the 38 years we have lived in this house. For almost all of our tree work, we have used the Ward Brothers. In the early days they had very little equipment and mainly worked as a twosome. Over the years, they added people and equipment. They have always done a great job. As soon as the tree fell, I called them.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|[http://wardbrotherstreeservice.com/ The Ward Brothers] to the rescue. We have had to take down many trees over the 38 years we have lived in this house. For almost all of our tree work, we have used the Ward Brothers. In the early days they had very little equipment and mainly worked as a twosome. Over the years, they added people and equipment. They have always done a great job. As soon as the tree fell, I called them.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB2.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|Now they have a crane. They moved it into our side yard.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB2.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|Now they have a crane. They moved it into our side yard.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB3.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|We decided to remove the other oak that ~~grow~~ up with the fallen oak. We did not want to have that one fall on our neighbor's ~~hose~~. ~~There~~ is one of the Wards in the tree, lifted there by the crane.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB3.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|We decided to remove the other oak that grew up with the fallen oak. We did not want to have that one fall on our neighbor's house. Here is one of the Wards in the tree, lifted there by the crane.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB4.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A ~~picture~~ of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB4.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A closeup of the tree guy. They from worked form top to bottom. He would tie off a section to the crane and then cut about 10-20 feet from the tree.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture~~ of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|Lifting a piece of the tree with the crane.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB6.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A ~~picture of~~ the ~~tree~~.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB6.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A view from the back yard.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB7.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture~~ of the ~~tree~~.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB7.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|Some of the pieces they cut weighed 6000 pounds.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB8.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture~~ of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB8.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The last piece of the first tree.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB9.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture of~~ the ~~tree~~.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB9.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The last pieces in the side yard waiting for pickup.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB10.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture of the tree~~.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB10.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The stump grinder in action.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB11.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture of~~ the ~~tree~~.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB11.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|Final step. Loading the pieces onto a truck.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB12.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree guy counted 110 rings.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB12.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree guy counted 110 rings!]]</div>

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	[[Image:TheFallenTree2008.jpg\|thumb\|500px]]On July 20, 2008 we had a nasty thunderstorm. I went out on the back porch to watch the lightning. This was about a week after our exterior remodeling project was completed. I looked to the south where most of the thunder and lightning originated. It was very windy. As I turned back to to the east, I noticed one of our large oak tress had fallen, not far from the porch.		[[Image:TheFallenTree2008.jpg\|thumb\|500px]]On July 20, 2008 we had a nasty thunderstorm. I went out on the back porch to watch the lightning. This was about a week after our exterior remodeling project was completed. I looked to the south where most of the thunder and lightning originated. It was very windy. As I turned back to to the east, I noticed one of our large oak tress had fallen, not far from the porch. I didn't hear a sound. This puts to rest the question "If a tree falls in the woods does it make a sound?"

	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree just after it fell, taken from the back porch.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree just after it fell, taken from the back porch.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree2.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree2.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|Ten minutes later, after the rain stopped, I took this picture from the base of the tree. The tree is over 100 feet in length.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree3.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture~~ of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree3.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The other end of the tree.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree4.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture of~~ the ~~tree~~.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree4.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree was adjacent to another oak tree. They probably started from separate acorns and eventually joined at the base.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture of the~~ tree.~~]]</div>~~		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree5.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree "tipped over." Here you can see the roots pulled out of the ground. We have sandy soil.]]</div>
	~~<div class=~~"~~floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree6.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture~~ of the ~~tree~~.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree7.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree landed between our newly finished porch and our shed.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTree7.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture of the~~ tree.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB1.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB2.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB2.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
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	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB10.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB10.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB11.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB11.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|A picture of the tree.]]</div>
	<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB12.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|~~A picture of the~~ tree.]]</div>		<div class="floatleft">[[Image:TheFallenTreeWB12.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|The tree guy counted 110 rings.]]</div>