Giant redwood blown down into home

7:31am Tuesday 12th March 2013 in News

Drama: Huge 100ft tree crashes into house in Southampton Drama: Huge 100ft tree crashes into house in Southampton

A 100 foot tree has crashed into a house in Southampton.

Homeowners heard a huge crash as the huge redwood was blown down.

The drama happened in Redwood Way, Southampton.

Experts say the road is likely to remain closed for at least two days while the clear-up operation continues.

An investigation has been launched into why the tree came down around 5pm yesterday.

Last night residents said it had been seriously affected by rot.

Fire crews worked into the night to clear debris from the scene and check that no major structural damage had been caused to the house.

 

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Comments(12)

Rockstone says...
7:38am Tue 12 Mar 13

'Huge 100ft Crashes Into House'
Embarrasing headline - get it right before you put it on the page.

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arthur dalyrimple says...
7:44am Tue 12 Mar 13

sounds like a naff horror film ,terror of the huge 100 foot , is the editor awake yet?

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mikeyt says...
8:24am Tue 12 Mar 13

Council workers are on the scene changing all road signs to .... Way.

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chrisja says...
8:27am Tue 12 Mar 13

Looks like an improvement to me.

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nedscrumpo says...
9:43am Tue 12 Mar 13

Redwood Way is now a trunk road.

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dtokez says...
9:53am Tue 12 Mar 13

redwood down in redwood? sounds like a bit of a coincidence ;)

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business-guru says...
9:55am Tue 12 Mar 13

these trees are dangerous. reason is simple... they evolved in forests of like-trees and the soil types for these trees evolved accordingly. Clay is not natural for these trees and in areas where they are simply not in forests, the roots are always going to be a risk of easy weakening in the soil. The redwoods in the new forest enjoy better higher-level soil conditions and tend to be in forest-groupings so protect themselves.....

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minnie64 says...
10:01am Tue 12 Mar 13

An investigation is underway as to why the tree came down!!!! Could it be something to do with it was extremely windy !!!!!

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freefinker says...
10:28am Tue 12 Mar 13

minnie64 wrote:
An investigation is underway as to why the tree came down!!!! Could it be something to do with it was extremely windy !!!!!
.. or gravity perhaps?

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nedscrumpo says...
10:34am Tue 12 Mar 13

...or an insurance job.

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southy says...
11:16am Tue 12 Mar 13

minnie64 wrote:
An investigation is underway as to why the tree came down!!!! Could it be something to do with it was extremely windy !!!!!
could be minnie, redwoods normally create great forests like those of north america where this type of tree comes from and rely on a tangle of roots from other trees to support them.
but 100 foot tree this is small for a redwood, theses trees can grow over 350 feet and live for a 1,000 years, there is one where the trunk is that wide they cut a tunnel though it for cars to pass though.

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Huffter says...
8:41pm Tue 12 Mar 13

100ft trees shouldn't be on the roads unless accompanied by a police escort.

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