Woman dies after being hit by falling branch in kew gardens

[Samba]

Very good job on a difficult subject, it is such a hard thing to instill confidence and a balanced well informed view when the general feeling is to find someone to string up. I really hope this doesn't lead to knee jerk reactions.

 

Also don't like the way Jeremy Vine described about finding someone to blame, he loves a good story of misery and starting a witchhunt - "trees with more protection than people"

[Gray git]

I have had two calls off the back of this sad story, 1st worried about nothing at all and the 2nd a few dead branches that do need doing both private homes yet our local council still have not delta with a very dead birch on public open ground that never came into leaf this year which they have been made aware of.

I whole hearty hope that there is no finger pointing at the staff of kew at it is found to be just as outhers have said ' wrong places, wrong time' as it would be so sad if all these special places had to fence off large areas on safety grounds or close in the slightest of wind.

[PhilBeech]

Any more news on this? Species would be very interesting.

[Nimby]

Cedrus libani according to one report that I saw. No details other than that.

[redmoosefaction]

Cedrus libani according to one report that I saw. No details other than that.

 

I had a sneaky idea it maybe a cedar.I'm always pointing this fact out to clients that cedars are very snappy, when their limbs are overgrown.

 

Moosie

 

On my Samsung Note - It's big, but it's good

[Le Sanglier]

Now, this is why I am glad I am only a contractor, in a place like Kew every tree in the public arena will have been checked and risk assessed. Somewhere along the line someone would have looked at it and thought "um cedar, fairly snappy, sheds easily, big footfall......should we strap/cable it?" and someone said "no"

like I said glad I'm just a contractor and don't have to take decisions like this.