Steve, that is so sad. I love big old trees. We don't have many of them out here in Wyoming, only cottonwoods (I love thme, too), but in New England they have some old beauties. I was amazed when Hurricane Bob hit several years ago. We were in Mystic and the destruction to trees, big and small was just incredible. Always sad to see that action of Nature, laying the old ones low, sending them back into the earth. Puir auld thing, I hope they have some sort of farewell ceremony for it.

kat