Loss Of Trees

We lived in a rental house for a year while living in Ohio. This house had the biggest, most beautiful trees in the backyard: home to birds and squirrels and many other creatures. But a storm came through that knocked down leaves and branches; while the trees were somewhat damaged, they still stood tall. The landlord to the house, though, was concerned that if another storm came through, the trees might fall on the house. So the landlord had all those big, beautiful trees cut down and ground into mulch, even though all but one stood far, far away from the house itself. This happened when I was a kid, but it stuck with me. Those trees were destroyed for no reason.