During Hurricane Fran a huge tree fell across my back yard but missed the house by about 75 degrees. It would have killed both of us in the back bedroom but went a different way.
“It would have killed both of us in the back bedroom but went a different way.”
That’s just it - I have studied those trees and the heaviest and most branches on both trees are toward my house. If they fall, that weight is bringing them down on my house. You got lucky in that your huge tree must have had the most weight in a direction more away from your house.