Every tree in this Michigan yard came down during tornado conditions

Home surveillance video showcased the ferocity of severe storms pummeling through Portage, Michigan. This homeowner said every single tree came down.
Credit: @GR2AA2AZOGoBlue
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[@ShooterMcNut]

KZbin need to lose the annotations so we can actually see the actual video and not a bunch of links to other bullshit

[@thedefacto3067]

Been thinking that for a Looong time!

[@jamespadgett8660]

1 million percent. I hate it.

[@dingusbrule5756]

KZbin Enhancer plugin

[@D3VIOUS24]

Sounds like a you problem 😂

[@dingusbrule5756]

@@D3VIOUS24 xP

[@ImportedPatriot91]

Damn, atleast they came down away from the house. Hopefully it survived.

[@98-SR5]

Landscape guy I used to work for said people who regularly water their yard or plant flowers etc. at the base of trees and water them are at greater risk for this happening. He said the trees don't send down as deep roots, they stay shallow since the water is regularly at the surface. Not sure if that's really true but it makes sense.

[@TrevreWxAZ]

Tap root watering is pretty common in where I live because it saves money and allows the various vegetation to have deep healthy roots

[@pbrfan7141]

That is 100% correct. I am a farmer. The roots go where the water is. If trees aren’t watered deep there aren’t strong, deep roots for support.

[@stormwarning1235]

It's true.

[@janegoodwin1823]

There is some truth to it. In California a few years ago, a whole landscape company created a landslide that fell on homes below and it killed a few people below it. They had been told to stop the heavy watering. It was very sad.

[@cynvision]

Trees looked pretty aged to me. Not really a type to bend with the wind.

[@lmg4914]

A home owner near me had a tree come down. I drove past a few days later and it was standing up and had bracing to hold it. It looked a little sickly for the first year after that, but now it looks very healthy and strong and you'd never guess it had once fallen over.

[@everburninglamp]

I’ve always wondered if large trees can be stood back up and braced so it’s great to hear that sometimes they can.

[@eligebrown8998]

Thats cool

[@biellaspointofview2054]

Thanks for commenting cause I was just thinking to have them put back. The tree will be stressed of-course so made sense it took a year similar to my neighbors tree that I thought was done for after an ice storm but after a year it’s healthy looking

[@lmg4914]

@@whist214 fixed it

[@ZacharyWill]

I wondered about that. These all seem to be pulled up at the dirt, not broken. It would take a crane, but my guess is they might be salvageable. Thanks.

[@515ventures3]

Damn, all of those tall beautiful trees!!

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

They clog your gutters

[@dragonridley]

Oh man. This looked like it was a beautiful yard.

[@STEEPPOW]

Sandy soil up there. Unfortunately.

[@clintonjustice5177]

@@STEEPPOWyep unfortunately!!!

[@Cybersawz]

Key word: was.

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

Not anymore

[@deathbloom27]

Aw that's so sad. Those trees are decades old and we're projecting a selling point in the house. But they and the house are safe so that's all that matters.

[@ivangranger8494]

Xi and company, are happy. Trees make oxygen and are coming down at horrible rates, of speed. You don’t see this in the winter, when our area had high winds that took down tens of thousands, and still going since clacker became the resident in 2021.

[@blazebi47]

Those trees were trimmed to an inch of their life, it's a wonder they lasted just the "decades" you claim they are

[@MoivinSulunker]

Seek "whirlwind" in your concordance.

[@TexasNewsOwL]

They are cutting all the trees down here in N Central Texas to build homes and apartments and trailer parks. Leaders here really want it to be overcrowded and like the States they talk bad about all the time. They just act like they are against it. It's all about the Dollar bill in their pockets. I guess that's better than a little shade in 120 degree heat. People moving into these homes without a single tree for shade are going to be miserable in the summer. Just like electric cars. They talk against it but the biggest ev plant is right here in Texas besides the one Ellen musk built in Mexico.

[@ChrissonatorOFL]

@@blazebi47 Trees take a long time to grow, I doubt they were planted as fully grown trees.

[@swfrances]

So sorry for your loss and the trees loss of their grounding. I love trees…am a treehugger.

[@MommyLongLegs-yiofugj]

same i love trees too :(

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

U want a cookie

[@LeannMyway]

That’s depressing omg

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

Tornadoes suck bro, this situation blowed

[@rridderbusch518]

"We have weak trees." -- Tom Hanks in *The Money Pit.*

[@nop3noperson]

😂i forgot about that movie, I'm going to find it and watch later today. Thank you!

[@thebrain7065]

Lol!...Tom Hanks was in "The Money Pit" mid 80s with Shelly Long... good movie. "The Money Trap" was a movie in the 60s, but I knew what you meant. 😉

[@rridderbusch518]

@@thebrain7065 DOH! Thanks. I'll fix it now.

[@blaknbeauty1]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Nonconformistwilderbeastman]

I remember that, it was hilarious the stuff they went through fixing up the place 😆🤧

[@joshslawnservice]

Tree guys are happy af.

[@JL-zn7me]

God bless every one and every animal who went through this, and continues too. This is devastating… but MICHIGANDERS ARE STRONG! 🙏🏻

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@abrahamghannam2137]

Every animal, what about the people?

[@DaleDenton-ov5pg]

Thats terrible, I'm truly sorry for your loss

[@ItIsYourMom]

What a drag, the yard was so pretty

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@annhodges2991]

Amazing the clay pots on the walkway stayed upright!

[@mizb.7777]

Trees are connected like families

[@carmabella25]

😭I'm so sorry. I hope everyone is ok.

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@BigAl444]

That ground must have been super-saturated. They fell a little too easily to my eye.

[@Thelightingandfanguy]

Agree

[@pearlllg]

Your eye should have been there - it was a tornado and it was scary!

[@juliopatinopacheco9050]

That is nuts!!

[@shukuru2]

ThI power of Mother Nature!! Wow 😮

[@yennyku5240]

ugh that is really sad

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@JojoSiwaOfficial-c2p]

a tornado is coming to my area at the moment pray for me and my family please

[@knyyattah]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@MrCasanova1980]

​@@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews😂😂😂

[@Ibrokeamansglasses8099]

Crazy how it looks completely different after only 45 seconds

[@iaizealt]

I lived through this, shit was crazy.

[@testiculardestruction]

Everyone lived through it, you aren't special.

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@RockyMountains0721]

That's probably a case of interconnected root systems in the trees. Once one tree was uprooted, then it weakened the root systems in all the other surrounding trees. Still it didn't look like this house was badly damaged. I'll take suffering bad tree damage any day of the week over damage to my house!

[@PeriodPuddle]

its a nice hypothesis giving your lack of education. however you are wrong.

[@MrCasanova1980]

That's not how it works with trees and the house was damaged

[@ElijahGamin]

If the trees had interconnected roots they’d probably had been stronger

[@schorschgaggo1601]

Solid flower pots!

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Hope people are safe 🙏

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@oona_asmr]

thats so sad i love trees in yards it looked so pretty i would be sobbing. i hope the people are ok

[@jktosh]

Aww...those beautiful trees. Heartbreaking

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This sucks, tornadoes blow

[@James_Bee]

AND THE FLOWERS ARE STILL STANDING!

[@plinker439]

They are soo small there is no surface the wind can grab :)

[@AjFrancisshomeboySteve]

And the flag. How did that thing not blow away

[@JJGeneral1]

Those roots weren’t deep, and it must’ve been soggy soil to topple so easily… considering the tornado wasn’t even in sight.

[@jeanniemainzer8551]

That’s odd. The ground must be pretty soft

[@ljw2394]

Omgosh wow 😯. So sad and scary. Praying for everyone 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@mvpmachine]

That is depressing but could have much been worse so I consider them fortunate that the house is ok and pets and people hopefully are ok

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@weareparkerful]

Lots of firewood for this upcoming winter

[@poetlenoir2328]

So sad...those trees were so well cared for, you can see they've been lovingly maintained. Its good, if they were going to fall, it happened in the yard. From this video it seems the house is safe.

[@Daniel15391]

😂😂😂😂 You can see all that? Damn

[@poetlenoir2328]

Of course, so can anyone who appreciates the trees around their home. Those trees have been lifted and thinned. No excess bark. No killing vines. So yeah, I can tell.

[@muzeezhodillo8613]

I don't envy the poor people that have to clear everything up after a tornado. 😢

[@adamcarpenter7569]

Trees come out of ground but the flag pole doesnt come off the house? interesting.

[@therealjayseh]

A vehicle hitting those trees at 80 miles an hour won't even knock them down. Just imagine how strong that wind must be

[@Hayyyward]

That's because a vehicle would hit the base of the tree. Once the wind is leaning the top of the tree enough, the weight of the tree helps uproot it.

[@therealjayseh]

@@Hayyyward whoosh. Missing the whole point while trying to act like a teacher lol

[@TheCrazyMoparDude68]

@@therealjaysehmaybe you should have paid more attention to your teacher(s). They were trying to explain to you how a car hitting the tree isn’t a good comparison because different forces are at work. It is like trying to lift a heavy boulder off of someone by hand vs using a lever, you don’t have to use as much energy if you use a lever. The force of the wind isn’t as much as the force of the car would be, but since it has a mechanical advantage, it doesn’t need to be. Here is an easy experiment for you, take too spoons and put them on a table with the handles hanging off of the edge. Place the spoons with the handle hanging over the edge with only the hard on the table. Pinch one of the handles with your thumb and index finger and bend it down. Now pinch the other handle right by the head and bend it down. Which one took more force? Now that is how you “act like a teacher”!

[@Cybersawz]

@@therealjayseh Guess, physics wasn't your thing.

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@hansonel]

Tornado messes up nice landscaping and tears down all the beautiful old trees. It could have been worse (like the trees falling on the house) but this is depressing.

[@psackett1000]

I live about 15 miles from where this happened, there was a few buildings that were destroyed and a lot that were damaged

[@dellahayden5606]

I’m so sorry 😞 😢to see this happening. I have lost trees in my yard from storms and it’s devastating to see how quickly things change in an instant. I hope you’re alright. That’s what really matters ❤

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@ABucc]

Old Glory still there. 🇺🇲 💪

[@toddcaylor370]

Happens everytime I play my stereo.🤣

[@jeffreyleckrone7593]

That was so wild watching all trees fall. Sorry your loss of trees. I hope your home is ok. Hope you are ok. God Bless and Go Blue!!!❤️❤️

[@rickyrickardo4913]

I live in the UK. Never seen anything like this before. Never seen a tornado.

[@samkitty5894]

Same thing happened to me back in 1989. I got this great property full of mature trees...and then the hurricane Hugo came and broke every one of them.

[@eliot3010]

Just a "Friendly Reminder"!

[@thylin806]

I love how the trees fell down but not the pots 😂😂😂😂

[@Bellinigio]

It’s very upsetting to see all those gorgeous trees gone in a second! I feel for the people who live there, they will be reminded of this day constantly by their absence 😢

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@KrzysztofPaka-uf5pp]

Tornado❌ Hurricane✅

[@supercharger5727]

Hurricanes have never happened in Michigan but we are a tornado kinda active state so we do have common tornados though there more weaker we have had 4 EF5 tornados

[@tracyyarbrough3358]

They look lucky nothing landed on their house but something probably did. Prayers for everyone tonight

[@frankcarone6]

WOW!!that was incredible and scary

[@amyimmermann1448]

I was sad to see all those beautiful trees go down. I have a lot of big trees so now I know what it looks like if it happens here in northern Illinois I am sorry for your loss.

[@michaelvitiello9960]

Losing the trees has gotta suck too. I know losing life or a house is worst, but losing trees like these has got to suck. Because they take so long to grow.

[@dianacryer]

We have never boughten a new home simply because there are no mature trees and landscaping. I feel their pain.

[@ChrisG9978]

Many of those trees appear to have not been planted properly...whenever you see a trunk going straight into the ground without a large root flare above grade, chances are that tree was planted improperly and the tree was unable anchor itself sufficiently below grade. Look at those two trees in the garden (right side behind the large planter pots) - they look mulched right up to the trunk (which can cause rot and decay at the base of the trunk), and I don't see any root flare at the base of the trunk. Classic example of trees that are planted too deeply that likely failed to root out properly. Also, there was no "tornado" here, or conditions of a tornado...just strong straight-line winds that often accompany the arrival of a thunderstorm or heavy downpour, called a "microburst."

[@cameddy4081]

Wow - awesome video - what a bummer to lose all those trees 😳

[@johncurtis1472]

Fricken scarry hope everyone is safe

[@maestoso47]

Those are young trees.

[@marissafontaine3935]

Omg- so sad losing all those trees

[@UPdan]

Can you imagine walking out your door after?

[@carlstonhatcher1012]

WOW Great Coverage

[@TheMadmatt7]

Saruman would have been proud.

[@AshlynneShain]

Well there goes the shade 😩

[@randje1999]

The saddest part is the oxygen we loose that those mature trees use to produce for all people on earth to breath. The wildlife that lived in them have no homes anymore either.....

[@bryanhaynes2002]

Mother nature is making their presence known.

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

😮😮😮... *_ 'Nader said to the wind...."You see those trees ???..."...Wind said..."Yeah, I do..."... Nader said..."I don't want to...!!"*_ ...😮😮

[@LurkMe]

Take a drive through Miami away from the tourist areas if you're ever down there. Some trees will have close to a 90 degree bend in them from past hurricanes, notably Andrew.

[@R2D2C_3po]

I don't think this is the tornado! I know that parts of Prospect were hit by a tornado. However, this looks like straight line wind damage to me. The wind here is mostly coming out of the same direction, which is not what a tornado does. With a tornado the wind very drastically changes direction. It's normally very obvious that there's a rapid circulation to the wind with a tornado. Moreover, the trees are falling in mostly the same direction here, which is much more indicative of straight line wind gusts.

[@stopwars8642]

wow 5 trees

[@renayt4]

Yes the trees grew tall ,but evidently the ground was not a good foundation against the winds . I love trees 🌳 that are not close to the house or yard, to many leaves during fall season.

[@susanH1986]

So sad. Hopefully you can replant soon! 😢

[@stardust949]

Just heartbreaking----you know, it isn't "just people" who are being torn limb from limb by these storms. What about all the little ones? The birds, squirrels, and other creatures?

[@Grassplant2012]

Those trees didn't deserve to die like that

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@Abarth-ME262]

Watched a whole apple orchard get taken out in Michigan back in the 60. It was sad but amazing !

[@everettelawsoniii5115]

Wow!

[@heathhenderson7765]

That’s one durable flag…

[@chrismaverick9828]

Stupid click-bait. There was still one standing! On a more serious note, something is wrong with those trees, ground, or both if the root structure is that shallow.

[@garyteague9555]

Wild

[@marsisthegodofwar]

Nature: Undefeated.

[@Laura-ln6wc]

Lucky none of those landed on the building!!

[@feg3akatrey144]

I know that the most important thing is that people are safe, but it guts me to see such beautiful trees destroyed in seconds. It’ll be 20 years before new ones will be that big. I hope other property damage was minimized 🙏

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This situation sucked, tornadoes blow.

[@moonbellybaby6238]

So sad 😢it took years for those trees 🌳 to grow 😭🙏

[@ianmackenzie686]

Thank God the house didn't come down.

[@cbass2755]

Omg!! What a disaster! Omg….where in Michigan?

[@deannamadrigal7503]

Insane

[@mikereed3093]

Pure Michigan.

[@Daniel15391]

😂😂😂poor Michigan

[@patrickoneil3411]

Live oaks are the hardest trees to uproot,unfortunately they cannot survive Michigan winters.

[@hendomac20]

At least none of them fell on the house.

[@meganemery6312]

Amazing that the flag didn’t blow away

[@supermamamaxi]

Clear-Cut

[@Hawkrvo]

I don’t want a house near trees anymore

[@janegoodwin1823]

They should be thanking the Lord that their house is still standing. New trees can be planted.

[@micolsen9824]

Nice upbeat video.

[@deadspeedv]

Are their roots only in 6 feet deep or something. Didnt seem that strong wind

[@grayb7420]

Sad to see mature trees gone n moments

[@MontanaMedic13]

Those trees get a 1-Star review for wind resistance ⭐

[@aron6998]

Really sucks about the trees but silver lining is they fell the correct direction

[@gregoryjeffreys8261]

Geesh glad none of them trees fell on the house

[@treelogic1415]

At least all those trees, not one hit the house