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Because they bend. During a storm they'll just go with the wind. One of the sickest, saddest sounds during a storm is when a pine or oak snaps. Oaks especiall

Because they bend. During a storm they'll just go with the wind. One of the sickest, saddest sounds during a storm is when a pine or oak snaps. Oaks especially will creak and moan during a storm. Right before the wet snap of it breaking it will sometimes moan/creak loud as if it knows it's fate.

nkrisc 4y ago
Surprisingly loud. A tree next to my house snapped in half during some freak 90mph (145km/h) gusts and it sounded like a small explosion, though not as fast since it didn't all happen at once. But I really though something had exploded until I noticed the tree out the window was no longer quite as tall as it used to be. It was a large, live tree too, but can't remember what kind it was. It was on a lot next to my house that was undeveloped for at least 100 years, and farmland some time before that.
- 0xbadcafebee 4y ago
  Was paddling down a river the other day and a giant oak fell. Sounded like gunshots at first, then maybe fireworks, and by that time I noticed what looked like a T-Rex moving around among the trees, the tree finally came down on another tree and fell into the water.
sophacles 4y ago
I lived in a pretty old neighborhood for a while. The type of neighborhood where the trees on the treebanks are over 100 years old, and have grown to be a full canopy over the road. The branches of these trees are big enough to be trunks themselves. One day I was sitting out on the porch enjoying a nice evening and I heard what I thought was a bunch of kids "squealing" and then jumping into the pool. The only similar sound I'd ever heard was at the end of "adult swim" breaks at the public pools growing up. Turns out it was one of the giant trees dropping a limb onto the road several blocks away - fortunately no one was hurt but some parked cars were totaled. It's very much one of those sounds you have to experience to really grasp.
green-salt 4y ago
I heard this after a ice storm then high winds. Creepy sound when it creaks all the way into the crack sound.

nkrisc 4y ago

Surprisingly loud. A tree next to my house snapped in half during some freak 90mph (145km/h) gusts and it sounded like a small explosion, though not as fast since it didn't all happen at once. But I really though something had exploded until I noticed the tree out the window was no longer quite as tall as it used to be. It was a large, live tree too, but can't remember what kind it was. It was on a lot next to my house that was undeveloped for at least 100 years, and farmland some time before that.

0xbadcafebee 4y ago
Was paddling down a river the other day and a giant oak fell. Sounded like gunshots at first, then maybe fireworks, and by that time I noticed what looked like a T-Rex moving around among the trees, the tree finally came down on another tree and fell into the water.

sophacles 4y ago

I lived in a pretty old neighborhood for a while. The type of neighborhood where the trees on the treebanks are over 100 years old, and have grown to be a full canopy over the road. The branches of these trees are big enough to be trunks themselves. One day I was sitting out on the porch enjoying a nice evening and I heard what I thought was a bunch of kids "squealing" and then jumping into the pool. The only similar sound I'd ever heard was at the end of "adult swim" breaks at the public pools growing up. Turns out it was one of the giant trees dropping a limb onto the road several blocks away - fortunately no one was hurt but some parked cars were totaled. It's very much one of those sounds you have to experience to really grasp.

green-salt 4y ago

I heard this after a ice storm then high winds. Creepy sound when it creaks all the way into the crack sound.