I wonder if anyone was around to hear it make a big thud when it hit the ground. Don't know if it was the wind, or disease, or insects, or a combination which made it fall. Glad it didn't hit the fence or the house!
If that keeps up, it's thinning out more and more. I don't like when trees are marked to be taken down due to a disease, but it helps save the surrounding healthy trees.
@bruni The sweet gum trees around here are susceptible to disease. The long needle pine trees always have to battle with the pine beetles. It happens. Storms with strong winds after a soaking rain are the worst though.
@sdutoit Thanks, Sylvia!
@ludwigsdiana Thank you, Diana! My good neighbor can if he wants to.
@koalagardens LOL! We'll never know.
@santina Thank you, Santina! It's okay - bound to happen for a few.
@wakelys Maybe. We've had a problem with pine beetles, and sweet gums are susceptible to disease around here.
@sangwann Pine beetles for the pine and disease for the sweet gum trees. It's common around here.
@k9photo I think this one probably fell last year in another storm, Kate. Was diseased though.
@pdulis Thanks, Peter!
@kvphoto I can imagine. Hopefully, we're done with hurricanes for this years.
@craftymeg Thanks, Margaret!
@linnypinny Thank you, Lin!