"22-year-old killed after tree falls onto car in"....Now THAT'S "Random"!

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<p>So many times I hear young people use the word “random” to describes something that’s not really that random. Would you call this “random”, or would you call it something else? </p>

<p><a href=“Falling Tree Kills Woman Driving On I-80 Near Vacaville - CBS Sacramento”>http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/03/09/tree-falls-on-i-80-near-vacaville-1-killed/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>My husband passes that spot every single work day. My kids come and go that way when they are here. I’ve never worried too much about the freeway, but the road it leads to is one rural hazard after another. Turkeys crossing the road, occasional loose cows, many folks on bikes, and no dedicated bike path, folks trying to pass each other. More than a few kids have died in fields back there. It’s intriguing to me that some folks think urban areas are fraught with danger, but I still haven’t gotten used to some of this rural stuff. </p>

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<p>My brother’s business partner’s husband was killed by a tree. They were walking in the woods. Nice day. No warning. It happens.</p>

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<p>I would call it random. The scary weird thing is my oldest was driving that road about 4 pm headed back to the Bay Area from Davis. She actually called me that she was stuck in traffic just before Vacaville.</p>

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<p>That’s very scary. Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I had a giant tree branch come down right in front of me when I was driving once but it was several days after a heavy snow so it didn’t seem as random. Still, after driving for 30+ years, I had never seen anything like that!</p>

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<p>It happens every once in awhile to campers who put their tents up under trees. A friend of my daughter lost her father that way.</p>

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<p>My father had his heart broken by two women in his youth who BOTH went on to marry men who were later killed by falling trees. Yikes!</p>

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<p>A newlywed couple was driving on the road up Mt. Rainier to celebrate their first anniversary when a limb fell on their car. People like to know why it happened when someone dies and how they can avoid it, but events like this are troubling as there is no avoidable cause. The Hand of Fate can touch any of us.</p>