Kristen Falk
Non Forest Service
This past winter I was collecting data in the woods. I was putting data into the computer from a weather station. When I’m in the woods, I hear all kinds of sounds, sometimes an owl, a hawk, a woodpecker, or a squirrel squawking at me to get out of their territory. I had the computer all set up, then I heard this distinctly different sound. It was not loud, but it gave me an uneasy feeling. I looked around for another person or other woodland creatures. Nothing. I continued working and then I heard the sound again. My ears told me the sound was close. I looked around and saw a lot of fallen trees downhill from me. I wondered if this large tree in front of me was about to fall. I panicked and didn’t have much time to think, so I grabbed my computer and ran uphill. Not a minute later, a 20 foot piece of the tree cracked off of the top and crashed to the ground, right where I had been working. My heart was racing, but I’m glad that I relied on my senses to get out of there when I did! I am the one on the right in this photo.
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