And when it does rain, the roads flood, and the trees all come down in the wind, because the 100' tall pine has a root ball that goes down two or three feet (as

And when it does rain, the roads flood, and the trees all come down in the wind, because the 100' tall pine has a root ball that goes down two or three feet (as there's no need to go deeper for water, given the constant drizzle). When that top layer of soil is saturated and no longer structural, there's literally nothing holding the tree up anymore. Plus literally everything grows moss.