Eunice Strikes

Storm Eunice just passed over England and my home. I saw that some trees were pushed over. Trees are amazing to me, every tree I have ever seen toppled by the wind were fully intact. The point of failure is mostly the ground itself. Sometimes the stump of the tree is surrounded by concrete and the concrete breaks but the tree itself doesn't.  Trees balance themselves very well, they are not too brittle and they are not too soft, they can sway in the wind and not break. 

There are some trees that do break in the wind but they are usually rotten or infested with a disease and hollowed out.