So, anyway this huge oak it appears has a root that has gone under the house on the hill and is doing some damage to the house next to it. The latest thing it has done is to break the drain pipe to the drain from the kitchen sink so that is part of what we will be dealing with this week. This house being on a hill has an amazing view of the surrounding area and the Oak is very beautiful but having to repair the house knowing this could get worse from the root over time is a concern. But, in life all things keep changing (look at coronavirus worldwide) and one has to adapt one way or another to go on living at all here on earth.
If you know anything about living on the California coast, even if we wanted to we would not be allowed to remove this oak tree even though it is damaging part of the foundation to the house and running roots down into the septic tank for nourishment because trees are all protected along the coast like this from being cut down unless they fall down on a house during a storm. Because of this there are big oaks and other trees all over the place here that aren't allowed to be cut down. You can trim them but you cannot cut them down. But, mostly that's a good thing here on the coast. Other things are protected to like Bears, mountain lions, bobcats etc. We have a bobcat that spends the night in part of our backyard here too. But, obviously, you don't leave pets out at night because mostly Bobcats are more nocturnal.
There are cottontail rabbits that live in this area wild that the bobcat likely lives on with the occasional pet like a cat or a dog that someone forgets to bring in along with rats that might live in oak trees or wild in the coastal forests as well as other smaller wild things like birds in the area as well.
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