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Weather Fells Large Oak off Hwy. 17

Old-growth tree splits after rain and wind from Tropical Storm Andrea.

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Plenty of folks were making jokes last week at the lack of damage from Tropical Storm Andrea, the first storm of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season. But this tree, located in the drive-thru at Raising Caines chicken, was a casualty, and it was a pretty large one at that. How old do you think this tree is?

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