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Pioneer Cabin Tree in California Felled by Storms

Storms in California have toppled one of America's most famous trees - the Pioneer Cabin Tree.
The giant sequoia was known for having a hole cut through its trunk - big enough for a car to drive through.
The tree, estimated to be more than one thousand years old, was felled by the strongest storm to have hit the area in more than a decade.
California and Nevada have been hit by unusually high rainfall levels, leading to flooding and falling trees.

The Calaveras Big Trees Association first reported that the drive-through Pioneer Cabin Tree - carved 137 years ago - was no more.
The storm was "just too much for it", the group wrote in a Facebook post that has drawn nearly 2,000 comments.
"Many memories were created under this tree," one read. "They will remain good memories."
Others pointed out that the tree might have survived for longer if a tunnel had not been carved into it.
"You can't cut a hole in a tree like this and expect it to live," said one comment.
"This hole always bothered me so much. Why not just drive around it?"
Park volunteer Jim Allday said the sequoia, also known as the Tunnel Tree, shattered as it hit the ground.
"We lost an old friend today," he wrote in a social media post.
Giant sequoia are closely related to the redwood tree, which is considered the tallest tree species on earth, reaching 250ft (76 metres).
They only grow in the groves of California's Sierra Nevada mountain range.

The tree fell as parts of California and Nevada were drenched by a seasonal weather system known as the Pineapple Express.
Not to be confused with the Seth Rogen movie of the same name, the Pineapple Express is an "atmospheric river" that extends across the Pacific from Hawaii to the US West Coast, meteorologists say.
"This is a serious flood situation," the National Weather Service said in a special flood statement late Sunday night after the Russian River in California and the Truckee River in Nevada burst their banks.
Hundreds of people have been forced to flee their homes in Northern California and Nevada as water levels rise, and avalanches and mudslides close roads.

Source - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38561877
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It's been 32 years since I visited all those parks in California. While I hate California for numerous reasons, those trees were breathtakingly beautiful. Pity to see another giant fall.
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Re: Pioneer Cabin Tree in California Felled by Storms

always sad when one of these ancient giants that saw the history of america fall down and die.
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Re: Pioneer Cabin Tree in California Felled by Storms

My family drove through that tree many many years ago when I was a little kid.

Sad to see it go.
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Re: Pioneer Cabin Tree in California Felled by Storms

Probably wasn't a good call cutting a hole through the bottom.


It was basically already dead for the past few hundred years apparently also and broken in half with all kinds of fucked shit.


One of my favorite types of trees though, id make a house up in one, without a hole in the bottom and living canopy.

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to bad
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Damn that sucks Visited about 18 or so years ago.
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Re: Pioneer Cabin Tree in California Felled by Storms

I never got to visit it, but my respects go out to that fallen tree.
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Re: Pioneer Cabin Tree in California Felled by Storms

Sad a famous tree like this has fallen,
Always love the tall trees, in from Western Australia, our karri trees get up to 80 meters tall, so magestic
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Re: Pioneer Cabin Tree in California Felled by Storms

One of those instances where mother nature says "fuck you" to even herself.
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