California's "Tunnel Tree" collapses.

[Homerboy]

http://gizmodo.com/after-more-than-100-years-californias-iconic-tunnel-tr-1790964594

The Pioneer Cabin Tree, a giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park that was tunneled through in the 1880s, has fallen due to severe winter weather. It was believed to be hundreds of years old.

 

[twinrider1]

dibs on the lumber

 

[Sonikku]

awwww

 

[Thebobo]

Damn that sucks an Icon for so many years.

 

[sdifox]

That is what happens when you cut through the centre of a tree.

 

[nathanddrews]

Damn that sucks an Icon for so many years.

It happened under Obama's watch! It collapsed just like ACA.

THANKS, OBAMA!

That is what happens when you cut through the centre of a tree.

... after 100 years... LOL

 

[Humpy]

 

[sdifox]

It happened under Obama's watch! It collapsed just like ACA.

THANKS, OBAMA!


... after 100 years... LOL

That speaks to the tree's majesty.

 

[zinfamous]

NoooOOOOoooOOooOooOOooOOOO!

I wonder how many Ewoks died on that day.

 

[gorcorps]

Eh, after hundreds of years everybody's wood needs a little help staying up. Just give him one of those blue pills and he'll be alright

 

[rh71]

How severe is a California winter?!

 

[cbrunny]

Well now they'll get to cut it up and study it. That's pretty cool at least.

 

[deadlyapp]

I remember this tree very fondly. I've got a picture of me in it somewhere. Sad pandas.

 

[zinfamous]

How severe is a California winter?!

Tahoe gets shit-tons of snow every season. You can get 3 or more feet over some weekends, alone.

Shit-tons is a scientific term.

 

[spacejamz]

Eh, after hundreds of years everybody's wood needs a little help staying up. Just give him one of those blue pills and he'll be alright

should they call a tree doctor if tree stays up for more than 4 hours?

 

[soulcougher73]

Bah i was just headed there in mid march and was going to drive through that. Grrr

 

[Homerboy]

Bah i was just headed there in mid march and was going to drive through that. Grrr

Now you can drive over it.

 

[pete6032]

Now you can drive over it.

lol.

 

[AMCRambler]

The real question is "Did it make a sound?"

 

[IronWing]

dibs on the lumber

Sequoia is useless as lumber. That's why we still have sequoia trees.

 

[IronWing]

The real question is "Did it make a sound?"

It was auto-tuned.

 

[soulcougher73]

The real question is "Did it make a sound?"

I think the bear shitting in the woods heard it.

 

[Cozarkian]

Sequoia is useless as lumber. That's why we still have sequoia trees.

Who told you that? Sequoias are redwoods - a very popular high-end lumber.

The reason we still have them is because the national parks were established to protect them because logging towns for redwoods were becoming a large threat.

 

[Bearmann]

That is what happens when you cut through the centre of a tree.

... after 100 years... LOL

The tree was thought to be hundreds of years old. They can live more than 3000 years:

http://www.livescience.com/39461-sequoias-redwood-trees.html

I agree with sdifox.

 

[Newbian]

NoooOOOOoooOOooOooOOooOOOO!

I wonder how many Ewoks died on that day.

The real question is would anyone care?