I don't know how you measure trees back East, but the tallest accurately-measured tree, a redwood, is waaaay over on the shaky side of the country. Researchers confirmed a few years back that a 379.1-foot tree in Redwood National and State Parks is
the world's tallest -- a foot
higher, even, than originally thought. And the naturalists who discovered the tree say it's unlikely that they'll find a taller redwood. :tsk:
The tree, which the discoverers named Hyperion, displaced the Stratosphere Giant, a redwood in Humboldt State Park, as the world-record holder. Two other recently-discovered trees in Redwood National Park have also measured taller than the 370.5-foot Stratosphere Giant.
And unless your acorns are made of some sort of heavy metal, and I mean heavy like platinum-heavy, there's
no way on God's green Earth they're dinging your sheetmetal. :rofl:
I'd be looking for a neighborhood kid carrying a ball-peen hammer, but that's just me.. :eeps:
True, the Oaks on our property are 300+ years old and the tallest stands 391 ft tall.