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It was not the kind of “open house” that real estate agent Joe Parsons was anticipating when an elderly oak tree fell over and crashed through the roof of this Atherton house on Monday afternoon, April 21, a day before he planned to show it to the public. Mr. Parsons was inside when it happened and thought the house had been hit by a plane. “It was a devastatingly loud noise,” he said. “It went on for what seemed like an eternity.” Photo by Veronica Weber/The Almanac.

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It was not the kind of “open house” that real estate agent Joe Parsons was anticipating when an elderly oak tree fell over and crashed through the roof of this Atherton house on Monday afternoon, April 21, a day before he planned to show it to the public. Mr. Parsons was inside when it happened and thought the house had been hit by a plane. “It was a devastatingly loud noise,” he said. “It went on for what seemed like an eternity.” Photo by Veronica Weber/The Almanac.

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