one in 10 million....

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A tree fell at my parents house and hit their master BR while I was home with a baby sitter in the 60's Conrad. You could see the sky from their bedroom so it is possible. 

I think that would depend on who is cutting it and how many are around

I do not know and celebrating the Kentucky Derby; about as often as a Triple Crown!

Pretty slim.  My great, great, grandfather died that way.  I should point out that he was a lumberjack, so his chances were much higher. 

Depends on what you are doing.

I do know of plenty who were killed while cutting them down.

and there have been a few windy days out in the woods with a few near misses just working in the woods.

Other than that it seems nearly impossible to get hit by a falling tree.

I already saw the answer, Conrad, so won't cheat here.

Good morning Dad. My dad came close when he was cleaning up some downed branches after a storm, the rest of it came down when he was there.

Are we counting limbs and large branches or the whole tree ?

Conrad Allen - what do you think the odds of having 20 people at our meet ups...(just kidding!)

I think its about 1 in a trillion....

I will stand in the woods next to my house tomorrow, and calculate the odds.  If I don't return to post my observation... well, you know!

I have better chance get a heart attack from that seller than killed by his falling tree. I wish him lots of rocks....

After thinking about it and without Googling anything, I would say the odds of being killed by a tree (including those in the tree industry are about 1 out of a million per year, that would be my guess, it happens more than one would think. O.k. It is roughly 1 in 3 million per year in the general population NOT including those in the tree industry, according to one website I looked up.

I would think it would be very, very small.

I would rather not think about it at all, why would you even ask? I hope, it is very low.

I'd say they increase the closer you are to it!  

Probably a whole lot higher than getting murdered showing houses.

Mine are probably good as I am still climbing them!

Tell us

You have a better chance of winning the lottery!

Hum ... never even thought about that. I imagine odds are good if one is in the tree business. 

I would think the are pretty low if you happen to live in the desert.  

Don't know, but it seems to happes 2-3 times per year around here.

I'm going with Barbara Todaro  one in 10 million!

One in a gazillion if you live in Kansas.  

Conrad,

One of Ron's friend mother's had that happen while waiting in her car for her son to be dropped off.  A

Better than the lotto.

Better than getting hit by lightening.

Hope I never find out.

It depends on how many branches need trimming and how high they are!

Not sure. But one thing is for certain, it increases during Santa Ana winds in our area. 

Low.

About the same as seeing a UFO?

Same as me hitting the Powerball?

million to 1

Probably pretty minimal but no idea of actual stats.

Probably the same as my getting a listing for $141 million--not that great.

But then again, why chance it.  If there's a storm, stay away from the falling trees.  Trim and prune dead limbs as you should.

I've seen a lot of trees fall, but in my 32 years of being in real estate I have not yet (touch wood) seen anyone DIE by a falling tree or die from falling from a tree.

Electrocution...yep

Drowning...almost (I saved that guy, which is why I stopped wearing "designer" on the job)

Suicide...three times yes.

Murder...only once.

But tree...zip.

My god, my life is a crime drama script!  haha!!

Conrad Allen  I like to know the answer.