I was dri­ving home, pass­ing Oak Park when I noticed a tree just fall­en into the park­ing lot. Alas, many cars were in the lot parked there by employ­ees of the retire­ment home just across the street, e.g. the woman in the left pho­to stand­ing in front of her pickup.

Most of the vehi­cles seemed to have not received much dam­age, the one in the right image being the most dra­mat­ic excep­tion. Too bad for the prop­er­ty but also for the tree. There are only so many of these huge, beau­ti­ful trees and now its (x — 1).

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