Frightening, thank goodness the DeSantis family is safe https://t.co/Ge1x32v3oo— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) August 31, 2023
My understanding is it fell ‘ near’ the mansion, not ‘on’ the mansion
The mansion has 30 rooms and 15;000 sq ft.
I don’t think they were in much danger
Joe Biden will have to come out with a story now of of how his beachfront property was almost destroyed in the Hurricane of 1886.
The tree is a metaphor for his presidential campaign.
I’m no arborist, but if you look at it, there was considerable rot evident. Truth be told, the tree should have been taken down a while back. The reason is because of what’s known as a “split leader”, or a V shape twin trunk growth. This allows for organic matter to build over the years and hold moisture.
Even healthy looking, strong trees sometimes just drop branches or fall over, but that particular tree was an accident waiting to happen. Careful drop pruning when young prevents this, trees that grow in a competitive forest environment sort of do this on their own to some degree, though not split leaders.
One thing people don’t quite grok, branches don’t get higher off the ground as the tree grows. Pruning allows for a better shape, better health, and more sunlight on the turf.
That’s an old oak. Too bad, there are very few old oaks left.
I’m glad the DeSantis family is fine...
I see Trump has taught some of his cold hearted supporters to not care about what happened to Florida during the storm well.
Surprised no one has accused DeSantis of taking a chain saw to that tree yet. Unless I missed it.
A live oak that size is far older than average person realizes
Noticed on a NBC broadcast the reporter referred to it as ‘DeSantis’s mansion” instead of the Governor’s Mansion. Probably nothing intentional there, but the former suggests rich guy juxtaposed with coverage of families that lost everything; the latter being just where the FL governor resides. I’m jaded, assume only the worst from mass media.
THAT tree is among the first 7 that will be cut up & removed.
Did they really need to post that?