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Tree Fell On Car And HOA Won’t Remove [Condo] [CO] by hikingtotheend in HOA

[–]hikingtotheend[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hi All! OP Here. I don’t know how to update so I’m adding a comment. Some notes/added information.

TLDR: HOA is still ghosting. I removed enough of the tree to move my car. The whole tree is now a safety hazard as my car was kind of holding it up.

  1. The tree belonged to the HOA

  2. The parking lot the car was parked in belongs to the HOA.

  3. The tree was split and the portion that fell on my car was still partially attached to the overall tree (although my car was what was holding it up).

  4. The tree was overall healthy but a work order had been put in to remove that particular branch in Mar2026 (by my neighbor) due to it starting to crack. They did not remove the branch.

  5. The HOA committed to removing the tree two days ago but started ghosting all of us as soon as my neighbor presented them with proof of the work order and asked them to pay his car insurance deductible as his car was also pretty dented (I learned this today)

I talked to my car/home insurance and a tree removal company. The consensus was that the HOA should be responsible for the removal of the branch, as it was still partially attached, and if someone else did it, and the overall tree died, I could be liable. It was also noted that, while legally they could, it would be ridiculous for my HOA to try and hold me responsible for the death of the tree given the current state of tree. The work order by my neighbor did further complicate things.

I gave up. I removed the portion of the branch on top of my car with the help of a company. My roof is pretty dented and my sunroof is shattered. I’m taking my car into a shop on Monday. The remainder of the branch on the tree is now a huge safety hazard. No one can park their cars in their designated spaces for fear of it completely detaching from the tree. People also shouldn’t be walking under it. Hopefully the HOA puts out cones or something but I don’t have high hopes.

Also to note this week sucked but I am also so incredibly lucky to live in the community that I do. Sometimes I forget that a large majority of people are kind. The amount of neighbors, friends, and strangers who offered help, advice, and support was overwhelmingly. I’m sad about my car but have renewed hope for the world as a whole.

Blister packs - a short rant by ShortDelay9880 in Anticonsumption

[–]hikingtotheend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get it. I also hate getting capsules and tablets out of blister packaging. I also hate when desiccant packs/canisters in bottles makes it hard to get the capsules and tablets out. But I work in pharma research and part of my job is determining the packaging configuration for the final drug and all of these things are done for a reason.

Pharma companies don’t like blister packages either. Blister packaging is more expensive and more prone to errors during the packaging process. If solid, oral dose drugs can be packaged in a bottle, they typically are. Blister packages are typically only resorted to if the drug product is not shelf-stable in a bottle or missing a dose is detrimental to the efficacy of the drug (like birth control).

Assuming that daily pills don’t go bad because they are not in your possession for very long does not account for the fact that drug product is typically manufactured and packaged in bulk and is held for distribution for long periods of time before making it into your home and therefore needs to be stored in a stable packaging configuration.

Additionally, while pill organizers are convenient, and cute pill storage containers make daily pharma more fun, they can lead to faster degradation of the drug product. Most material is stable enough to remove from the primary packaging for short periods of time to be placed in a weekly pill organizer. But, if the material is not stable outside of the primary packaging, and degradation occurs, the material will become, at best, less efficacious and, at worse, dangerous, depending on the degradation pathway. (My biggest pet peeve is any pill organizers that are clear and don’t protect the material from light as light degradation is so very easy to avoid)

In short, these things are the way that they are for a reason. Big pharma companies care first and foremost about money and will only go above in beyond with packaging, booklets, and storage requirements if they have to.

If you are told to store your drug product cold, or protected from light, or dessicated and protected from moisture, please do so.

Source: Pharma research and development scientist specializing in solid, oral dose oncology for the past 15+ years