Denver experienced a powerful straight. Wind today. One of our 40+ foot fir trees went down. I put on my knee braces and hobbled out to start. Cutting the branches off in preparation. Of cutting the trunk up. My next door neighbors (wife a dancer husband a lawyer), who have no tools came over and started to help. Then other people they knew but I haven't met started s showing up. Ultimately 11-12 people arrived with various tools including chain saws. That tree was cut into manageable lengths in just a few hours. I e heard of but never experienced this level of. Helpful neighborly kindness. Now to cut up all the. Branches. That I can do sitting down.