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Surprisingly loud.

A tree next to my house snapped in half during some freak 90mph (145km/h) gusts and it sounded like a small explosion, though not as fast since it didn't all happen at once. But I really though something had exploded until I noticed the tree out the window was no longer quite as tall as it used to be. It was a large, live tree too, but can't remember what kind it was. It was on a lot next to my house that was undeveloped for at least 100 years, and farmland some time before that.



Was paddling down a river the other day and a giant oak fell. Sounded like gunshots at first, then maybe fireworks, and by that time I noticed what looked like a T-Rex moving around among the trees, the tree finally came down on another tree and fell into the water.




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