It's been a bumper year for black walnuts. They can be a danger to road riders even! The other day I was climbing a steep hill on the road, and a walnut fell just in front of me with a huge BANG. Seriously, it would probably have required a new helmet, and knocked me off the bike, if it'd hit me.

Then it just rolled .... all the way down that 18% grade.


We usually stock up on water at home when the wind comes up, in case a tree comes down across the electric lines. But I think the chances of being hit by a falling tree are pretty remote. It does happen ... even to people in cars sometimes. But it's not really something I'd worry about compared to all the other things that might happen.