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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
by 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.