Developmentally disabled man dies after a palm tree falls on him in a park

[Blunderbuss Firozabad]

Well, shit

Ryne Zehner, 29

Phoenix, AZ

"A man is dead after a palm tree fell and trapped him underneath it at a park near South Mountain.

On Thursday afternoon, Phoenix Fire crews received reports of a man trapped underneath a large tree at Highline Park near 12th Street and South Mountain Avenue.

When crews arrived it was determined the man was beyond help and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man has been identified as 29-year-old Ryne Zehner."

"Ryne was walking in the park with another person [his caregiver] when the tree fell on top of him. The other person was not injured.

Family tells ABC15 Ryne was a resident at Hacienda Healthcare."



Does Hacienda Healthcare sound familiar?

https://www.dreamindemon.com/community/threads/patient-at-hacienda-healthcare-in-phoenix-az-in-vegetative-state-gives-birth-sex-abuse-investigation-underway.100799/

Man killed after large palm tree falls on top of him at park near South Mountain

On Thursday afternoon, Phoenix Fire crews received reports of a man trapped underneath a large tree at Highline Park near 12th Street and South Mountain Avenue.

www.abc15.com

Very touching remembrances of him, have kleenex handy

Ryne Zehner Obituary - Glendale, AZ

Celebrate the life of Ryne Zehner, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of West Resthaven Funeral Home.

www.dignitymemorial.com

 

[Satanica]

So sad.

 

[everjaded]

Something about the photo used for the obituary makes me exceedingly sad. I could be totally incorrect here, but it looks like an ID photo taken by the facility. There appears to be a scrub sleeve in the foreground.

I can't even begin to imagine how tough it would be to have a developmentally disabled family member in need of in-house care, but I'd like to think I'd have more options to choose from.

 

[Josh P]

"It's unknown at this time what caused the tree to fall."

I'll guess gravity. A few years after I moved out of California, an old friend of mine, someone I worked with had a oak tree fall on him while he was working under it in the shade.

 

[Angiebla]

Final destination shit. Especially because the tree is big, and the caregiver wasnt hurt.

When it's your time, its your time.

 

[Blunderbuss Firozabad]

 

[Josh P]

A news video of the incident shows some of the other palm trees in the park. I can see the city cutting down some of them, they taper in at the base.

 

[cubby]

A news video of the incident shows some of the other palm trees in the park. I can see the city cutting down some of them, they taper in at the base.

We'll get right on that tree cutting job now that someone has died.

I'm sure they knew those trees were a hazard long before this happened,

 

[everjaded]

Palm trees in general have very shallow root systems. When I lived in FL I'd see them get knocked down all the time by storms.

Sometimes they'd get knocked over but just keep on living, and end up with 90 degree bends.

 

[Blunderbuss Firozabad]

I started wondering how many people trees killed a year.
Here are some yearly averages I sourced as best I could:

47-wind-related tree fatalities ( probably what happened to Ryne as there had been gusts up to 45 mph that day)

5-Christmas tree related fatalities (fires)

4-lightening-striking-tree related fatalities

100-tree-worker (arborists) fatalities ( a mix of falling, electrocution, being struck by a part of the tree, working with a stump grinder, etc.)

90- logger fatalities

3,566 -automobile accident fatalities where a tree was identified as the most harmful event.

O -Being Keith Richards under a coconut tree.



That's all I could think of to look up.
Rope swings, hanging, off-roading, murderers lying-in-wait behind trees, African bee nests in trees, deadly neighbor disputes over trees, trees obscuring line-of-sight for drivers, collapsing treehouses, murders in treehouses, left tied to a tree, bicyclists hitting trees, I don't know.

 

[Josh P]

Palm trees in general have very shallow root systems. When I lived in FL I'd see them get knocked down all the time by storms.

Sometimes they'd get knocked over but just keep on living, and end up with 90 degree bends.

I used to think they were shallow roots too until I had to dig one up to remove it. I finally gave up and cut the stump 8 feet under ground. This wasn't a very tall palm tree either, I could still use a 6 foot ladder to trim on it. People would also tell me there would only be a ball of roots near the trunk, I dug out a large pool that was near this tree and the roots were all around it.

 

[Blunderbuss Firozabad]

@everjaded and @Josh P , you're both right.

"How wide and deep a palm tree’s roots spread varies between species."

"While most large trees have extensive tap root systems to anchor them firmly into the ground, palm trees don’t have deep roots.
How deep palm tree roots are depends on the species, but most are shallow, only penetrating between 12 and 48 inches of soil."


"Most palm trees grow in sandy areas close to water (rivers or the coast). [Florida]

Tap roots (and those that are more vertical) struggle to grow in these conditions because of the high amount of water (particularly salt water) and the loose nature of sandy soil (sand doesn’t provide suitable anchoring for trees), among other reasons.

By having roots that spread horizontally, palms avoid contact with salt water, put their roots within reach of nutrients and rainwater (sand has great drainage), and better stabilize the tree in sandy conditions."

Roots Revealed: Understanding the Depth of Palm Tree Roots

A palm tree's roots usually grow between 12 and 48 inches deep. Palms compensate for this shallow growth by spreading their roots out horizontally. While some species' roots spread as far as the canopy, others may spread between 40 and 100 feet, roughly 2 to 3 times the canopy’s diameter.

terragardensolutions.com

 

[Josh P]

@everjaded and @Josh P , you're both right.


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"How wide and deep a palm tree’s roots spread varies between species."

"While most large trees have extensive tap root systems to anchor them firmly into the ground, palm trees don’t have deep roots.
How deep palm tree roots are depends on the species, but most are shallow, only penetrating between 12 and 48 inches of soil."


"Most palm trees grow in sandy areas close to water (rivers or the coast). [Florida]

Tap roots (and those that are more vertical) struggle to grow in these conditions because of the high amount of water (particularly salt water) and the loose nature of sandy soil (sand doesn’t provide suitable anchoring for trees), among other reasons.

By having roots that spread horizontally, palms avoid contact with salt water, put their roots within reach of nutrients and rainwater (sand has great drainage), and better stabilize the tree in sandy conditions."

Roots Revealed: Understanding the Depth of Palm Tree Roots

A palm tree's roots usually grow between 12 and 48 inches deep. Palms compensate for this shallow growth by spreading their roots out horizontally. While some species' roots spread as far as the canopy, others may spread between 40 and 100 feet, roughly 2 to 3 times the canopy’s diameter.

terragardensolutions.com

Very educational, the most common palm tree around Phoenix that grows like weeds is the Washingtonia filifera. There is a bettle that likes to bore holes in that species of palm to lay eggs. Every year I see these giant black beetles buzzing around my yard, they are huge.