Fallen pine tree in Verulamium Park, St Albans, England, February 2017
One of my beloved four pine trees was struck down by Storm Doris on 23 February 2017.
Thankfully, the destruction work was minor compared with the great storm of 1987, back in the days when storms didn’t earn christian names. That event caused massive devastation, damaging around 15 million trees in the UK and turning Sevenoaks, in Kent, to “Oneoak”.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 4 March 2017
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Part of Six Word Saturday and All Seasons
Travel with Intent 
All the hurricanes over here took a lot out, and the pines fall easy
Sorry you lost it 😦
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Oh noooo!! I was in London for Doris and got some great skies despite hardly being able to walk into the wind. We were absolutely cut off by the 87 storm! Lived by the River Mole south of Boxhill back then. I remember waking up to find cows in our garden who’d escaped to high ground, half our silver birch down and Boxhill completely devastated.
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It’s always sad to lose a part of your garden but it’s good that the damage was so minimal. It’s strange that it was one of the inside trees and not one from the end!
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Sad! At least all four weren’t knocked down though! Have a great week!
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Oh, this is sad.
Amalia
xo
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Ouch! Living in an area with many trees around me, it’s always sad when a tree goes before its time:( Hope there were no human fatalities with storm Doris. Many thanks Debbie for linking up with ALL SEASONS – a noteworthy share!
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Aw! Bad! Bad Doris to knock down one of your favorite quartets! 😞
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Thank you!
Of course, had i been here at the time I would have dealt with Doris! 😉
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😦 😦
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Aw, a sad loss, Debbie. We’ve had many downed trees in CA with the rain.
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Such a shame
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Sorry about the tree. I’m always amazed when a tree falls at how shallow the root system often is. It seems like many more should fall with much less provocation.
janet
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Indeed. If they don’t need to go deep for water, many don’t. This one snapped so perhaps its age took effect.
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Oh no ! So sad 😥
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Losing trees is truly sad. We lost 20 to porcupines one year…and vandals cut down six in my parents’ yard which is a crime for which there is no adequate punishment. Funny side note: I stayed in Seven Oaks the first time I visited England!
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Well fortunately porcupines aren’t a threat for me 😀 But it is very sad to see them vanish when they are such impressive sight. My “no longer four” run along the line of a Roman wall. But at least the Roman wall remains survived Doris!
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Sincere condolences.
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Thanks Ron
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I guess overall we escaped what could have been an environmental habitat disaster…..in our woodlands we only had one very unhealthy tree snap in half….thankfully all my ‘special’ favourites are still waiting for spring
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shock to me as I was away for Doris and got an unpleasant surprise with bot this felled tree and an aborted landing experience at the airport!
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Such a shame 🙂
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Probably back for a few more photos today as the sun is shining!
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Oh no. Can’t like this 😯
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