Uh, I doubt it was the storm - trees were made to withstand storms because that's the habitat it resides in. A tree that enormous doesn't just topple over, it was because of that giant hole carved into it. The tree would've been fine if they didn't take a huge chunk out of its foundation just so people could drive through it. Sure, it would have fallen eventually, but that probably would have been many MANY years later.
It didn't fall down because of the hole in the base, because if the hole was a problem it might have even fallen down when they were carving it. And if you look at the tunnel through the base you can see that the walls tilt inward, which was given so that the tree would still have almost as much stability as before the tunnel was made, and if the tilted in walls didn't actually make any difference then it would have fallen down ages ago (mind you it was carved in the 1880s) What actually happened was the tree was so tall, the center of gravity was so high up and the storm was strong enough, that with all these elements combined, toppled over the tree.
@@justinmoon2842 late response but just so u know, this tree was NOT uprooted. It broke apart where they carved it. Also, the tree wasnt getting nearly enough water it once did. This was a long dying tree due to the carve through
I doubt the tree would have fallen down if not for the giant hole hacked in its base. Might have lived another thousand years if people had not cut the giant hole. Funny, no one else mentioned this.
Papirov is largely correct. The tree was severely weakened by the cutting, and would have lasted many more years (centuries?) had not human stupidity been foisted upon it.
Wayne Tyson your an idiot, there’s millions of those trees in the California forest and they will be there until an asteroid hits us or a fire starts. environmentalist say we have to let it burn because it’s nature’s way, like they did in Yellowstone in the 80s& 90s when they let fires burn for months before they figured out all of Yellowstone was going to burn down
Bob Sexton And in a place SET ASIDE to not allow such butchery. Think about it: Man hacked giant holes in extremely rare trees, THEN man sets the whole area aside as a park where man limits man's influence on the same trees. The definition of insanity.
They should do something about these tree who had a hole on their base. Something like reinforced it with concreete or wood to prevent them to fell down.
At least Trump is willing to admit that wind turbines are ruining large areas of scenery. I'd like to see him cut their funding, as they really don't reduce fossil fuel use.
Are you sure of your facts are are you simply repeating something you heard? Because the USA has reduced the amount of coal it uses drastically with it declining more rapidly each year. We are now using less coal than we did 30 years ago. Trumps just worried about wind farms ruining the property value of his investments. Yet ANOTHER guaranteed conflict of interest that is sure to arise during his term
The damage to the tree was done long ago, there's nothing wrong with testing its age and even using the wood for resources. Leaving it there to rot is dumb. That amount of wood should be sold to the highest bidder.
Keep Peace except that rotting wood provides soil nutrients food and shelter for other endangered species insects and food chain for birds and new trees
why in their infinite wisdom didnt they secure the NATIONAL MONUMENT like they do other trees ,with cables,SAD to see all that education and money spent on the people we pay to keep stuff secure going to waste, someone in the forest service FAILED MISERABLY TO DO THEIR JOB
I doubt the tree would have fallen down if not for the giant hole hacked in its base. Might have lived another thousand years if people had not cut the giant hole. Funny, no one else mentioned this.
