The right kind of death is important to every living creature. I'm sure you'd agree that getting quickly toppled/crushed is better than being slowly burned to death. So please extend our beautiful conifers that same courtesy.

Another windstorm will come along eventually in our super-charged warming climate and cause more destruction than the Columbus Day storm... and you will love every minute of it. Tree deaths aren't a problem as long as they die in weather you enjoy!

Do you guys like Cashews?

5% of the entire canopy in Western OR and QA was scorched. Easily the biggest weather-related tree catastrophe (catastroTree) in our region since 1962. https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/study-paints-detailed-picture-forest-canopy-damage-caused-‘heat-dome’ The wet snow and ice storm gods have their work cut out for them!

Looks like around 200/year for the PNW. No stats available on how many of those were already dying from melanoma, though.