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Related: About this forum1,000-year-old oak tree survives Hurricane Harvey - the 500-year storm
The Big Tree, a live oak that is more than 1,000-years-old survived Hurricane Harvey's landfall near Goose Island State Park.
Before Harvey dropped unprecedented amounts of rain on Houston, the storm brought Category 4-level winds to the Texas coast in Rockport.
And while the storm devastated large portions of the coastal town, one of it's most famous natural structures survived.
The Big Tree at Goose Island State Park, which is more than 1,000 years old, came through Harvey - what is being called a "500-year storm" for its rarity - relatively unscathed, even as younger trees fell victim to the storm, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced on Sunday.
According to the parks department, the tree has a circumference of more than 35 feet with an average diameter of more than 11 feet. At its peak it stands 44 feet tall, but in a 2011 profile, the Houston Chronicle's Andrew Dansby said it is that girth, rather than the height that is truly impressive.
Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/houston-weather/article/1-000-year-old-oak-tree-survives-Hurricane-Harvey-12031175.php
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1,000-year-old oak tree survives Hurricane Harvey - the 500-year storm (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Aug 2017
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Bluepinky
(2,275 posts)1. And long may the Big Tree live.
Aviation Pro
(12,172 posts)2. It's Groot's dad
Of course it survived.
Shell_Seas
(3,334 posts)3. Hope it makes it the rest of the way through