This Tiger Year really brought so much troubles. European financial troubles and Euro currency crisis. Then so many deaths in Thailand in their mini civil war.  China has its share of floods and earthquakes and Indonesia and The Philippines too. More on the human side and less the acts of God, we see political changes in Britian,  Australia, The Phillippines and a few African nations, huanted by the yings of the tiger year.  In Singapore, we have just a few minor troubles, but we are still intact as a whole.  But we must be mindful that there is still half a year to go before the tiger goes to sleep.  We go on but lets hope nothing more unpleasant happens to us this second half of our fearsome tiger....  Cheers.

natural if the tree is natural tree... that suvive the natural selection...

singapore one is definately most human's caused tree...

Indeed really sad.  Yesterday's case of accidental death by being crushed by a fallen tree is really sad and tragic. My condolence goes to the bereaved family. A pity a young promising life has been lost.

In recent months during stormy weather, a number of trees had uprooted and caused traffic jams, but luckily did not cause  injury. 

The authorities should pay more attention to inspect all trees along public roads or parks to ensure that they are not  precarious otherwise they should be felled, chopped or trimmed for safety.  Another point to note in planting trees is to make sure that when they grow up, they will tilt a slight degree if possible away from public roads, esp for trees that are brittle in their characteristics.  When a falling tree is about to land, it is impossible for a motorist to escape it even if he senses it when there are other cars infront or behind, whereas an individual could see the danger and avoid its falling path.

All of us should be careful in bad weather and mindful of falling trees or branches when using the road or when we happen to be in the parks .

iPunter      ( Date: 20-Jul-2010 19:03) Posted: A very sad case, this one.  And it's not any fault of his.        Now, big trees in those areas which recently flooded more than once               in close succession are particularly dangerous. since the wet                   and loosened soil underneath may not have sufficient time to dry                         out and were then flooded yet once more.                               Frequent flooding before soil dries out will loosen the same tree roots even more,                                    thus making them more dangerous to human lives.