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redqueen

(115,186 posts) Sun Oct 22, 2023, 09:17 AM Oct 2023

Dog walker films winds lifting forest floor during Storm Babet in Scotland [View all]

Last edited Sun Oct 22, 2023, 09:48 AM - Edit history (1)

On edit, you may remember a similar incident in Canada a few years ago, this article explains how it happens - and has videos if you missed them before

https://time.com/5433267/breathing-forest/

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Dog walker films winds lifting forest floor during Storm Babet in Scotland [View all] redqueen Oct 2023 OP

Wow. Is it because the tree roots are so sinkingfeeling Oct 2023 #1

Short roots redqueen Oct 2023 #3

Wow. What an incredibly shallow root system ornotna Oct 2023 #2

I wonder what keeps the trees from toppling over? Other trees? Wingus Dingus Oct 2023 #4

probably. they might die, anyway. mopinko Oct 2023 #6

dude, get that puppy out of there. &conifers be like that. mopinko Oct 2023 #5

Worried about the dog and wondering why anyone would stay so close to trees about to fall Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2023 #7

or he gets caught in a hole. mopinko Oct 2023 #8

Oh lordy, yes, that was the scariest part of the video. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2023 #9

I hated that video. Last time we had a storm like that around here... hunter Oct 2023 #10