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Or, “Missed by that<\/em> much.” Seriously, this was a 40′ or 50′ tall tree, and it managed to just<\/em> miss the house on its way down. I’ll probably post followup pix from when I bust out the trusty electric chainsaw this weekend . . .<\/p>\n

(Update: turns out the falling tree took out another tree: a 20-foot-tall one, about 4 or 5 inches in diameter, that was 6 inches away from my window. And yet there’s not a shingle out of place on the house.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Or, “Missed by that much.” Seriously, this was a 40′ or 50′ tall tree, and it managed to just miss the house on its way down. I’ll probably post followup pix from when I bust out the trusty electric chainsaw this weekend . . . (Update: turns out the falling tree took out another tree: … <\/p>\n

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