Submitted by Commercial_Case_7475 t3_10t3t11 in vermont
mellercopter t1_j7763ee wrote
Reply to comment by amoebashephard in Frost Quakes by Commercial_Case_7475
I thought so too, I've seen the video on Reddit from a few years back, but I guess it happened in Texas during their ice storm this year too. I'm taking it with a grain of salt, but everything I'm reading says it does happen when there are rapid drops to extreme cold temps since the freezing point of sap is really low. It looks like it could just result in large cracks in the trees vs like a Michael Bay explosion but it's supposedly sounds like gunshots and the Sioux and Cree have names for it.
I'm theost skeptical of skeptics normally but this one I'm not ruling out.
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