Visitors have been injured and killed by what scientists call 'summer branch drop.'
Dying trees can be seen in the Yosemite forest Aug. 15, 2015. Officials say an oak tree limb fell on a tent in the heart of Yosemite National Park killing two young campers.In late July of last year, as night fell over the Housekeeping Camp in Yosemite National Park, Kathi Andrews and her grandsons returned from the restrooms to their cabin. Andrews was just about to climb into bed, when she heard “the most tremendous cracking and crashing sound.
Andrews lives in Oklahoma but has been camping with her family in Yosemite National Park nearly every summer since 1964. Her father first brought her when she was 5, and she carried on the tradition with her husband and their four children, who now bring their own children on the yearly expeditions. She grabbed her flashlight and rushed outside, where other campers were gathering to figure out what happened. On the path that led back toward the bathroom, her flashlight illuminated a massive branch, completely blocking the area where she had walked with her grandsons just minutes before. Shining a flashlight up a nearby oak tree, Andrews could see where the branch had broken free.A black oak tree and its fallen limb, from Cook's Meadow, in Yosemite National Park.
SBD occurs when seemingly healthy trees suddenly lose large branches without warning, according to the. It tends to happen on warm summer days, and although SBD can happen with any type of tree, in Yosemite, the black oaks are particularly susceptible.
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