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A Portland, Oregon family was stunned when a 150-foot Douglas fir tree crashed into their home during the January 2024 snowstorm — with them inside.
Joel and Sarah Bond had filed for a removal permit back in January 2022, but Portland’s Bureau of Urban Forestry denied the request, stating “no serious structural defects were observed,” and that cutting it down would “significantly affect the neighborhood character.”…