[grame]

New info says the hammock that was suspended between two trees had been there for years. No one knew the tree was rotten though.

[albie]

Horrifying! What a terrible job to have to call the parents.

[Global2010]

We just cut down a few around the home before the next expected to be a hard stormy winter comes.

And the one right over our sleeping area.
Rottin from the core out.

I suspected as it swayed in the storms but the logger where gathered around it like men who discovered gold once they downed it.

I went out to see what all the Male excitement was and it was one of those things that give loggers stories to talk about.

[End Times Sentinel]

No one knew the tree was rotten though.

Actually, it's pretty unusual for a tree to not show outward signs, people just don't notice them.

There's a tree in front of my kids' school that's been dead for at least six months and every day 200 kids and their parents walk right by it or under it, and I'm the only one that's noticed. (Why it hasn't been removed is a complicated and boring story, but I've pointed it out repeatedly.)

[coop71]

“Coed” in the title is so outdated. Why not just refer to the deceased as a student? Why “coed”? It’s not 1960.

[calex59]

In this area it is not uncommon for trees to fall on people. We had one guy drive over from a neighboring county just to drive around in the woods and enjoy the views. A large tree fell on his pickup and killed him. Had he stayed at home or driven a slightly different route he would still be alive.

My mother in law and father in law had a tree fall on them at Lake Tahoe while they were sitting on their bed in a Motel unit. Huge Ponderosa fell right through the roof and managed to miss both of them somehow.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sad. RIP.