Treefall

By adamg on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 8:11am

26 Turner St., Brighton. Photo by BFD.

A year after Irene sent thousands of trees plunging to the ground, Sandy uprooted thousands more.

Michael Ratty photographed a tree down in Copley Square:

Michael Ball went outside his home on Milton Avenue in Hyde Park to see a large pine in his yard topple onto the street:

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Ennis Glendon photographed a tree collapsed on a house at Washington Street and Monastery Road in Brighton:

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RATTY FTW!

By Will LaTulippe on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 12:06pm.

The big guy!

Brighton trees

By coffeeweasel on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 12:26pm.

I think I heard that tree at Washington and Monastery come down. I'm a couple of blocks away from it, and I thought it was one of the trees closer to me losing a large branch.

The reason

By anon on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 2:31pm.

all of these trees come down is that their sad little street squares don't give them enough water to develop deep root systems during growth.

To develop deep, stable roots, these trees need a good, several gallon soaking a week. No one does that.

Are you sure?

By BostonUrbEx on Wed, 10/31/2012 - 5:44pm.

Not to toss out your post, as I myself do not know the true answer, but don't trees grow larger root systems when they have less water? In order to get enough water to sustain themselves, their roots will spread out, seeking any moisture. That would be counter-intuitive to your post, but again, I have no idea.