content: In 1962 Typhoon Freda swept through and knocked over between 15 & 17 Billion board feet of lumber. We lose billions in forest fires every year. Some of the largest fires were recorded before 1900. That tree was so unusually massive that they took a picture of it. No easy feat back then considering they had to hike in some ridiculously large equipment probably over ridiculously perilous terrain. Emotion should always be subject to logic.