WEBVTT WE'RE GETTING A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAIN FOR NOW... NEEDLESS TO SAY SHOCK AND DISSAPOINTMENT.. THAT WAS THE OVERALL VIBE TODAY. FROM BOTH LOCALS AND TOURISTS FOR MORE THAN 250 YEARS... THE LONE CYPRESS HAS POSED PROUDLY AT THE EDGE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN... WEATHERING STORMS .. DROUGHTS.. AND OTHER INCREDIBLE BOUTS OF MOTHER NATURE. BUT IT WAS THIS WEEK'S VICIOUS STORMS WHICH PROVED DAMAGING FOR THIS ICONIC CENTRAL COAST LANDMARK. 003501 00:38 "I didn't know that somehting actually broke off until we compared it with the brochure. We compared the picture on the brochure with what it looks like now and realized oh a limb snapped off." WIND AND RAIN SNAPPED A SUBSTANTIAL BRANCH ON THE MONTEREY CYPRESS.. OFTEN CONSIDERED THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED TREES IN NORTH AMERICA .. BRINGING THOUSANDS FROM ALL OVER.. 004701 00:49 "We were concerned when we first heard about it, happy to see that it's still standing. It's such a landmark." A LANDMARK THAT DEFINES PEBBLE BEACH. 005001 "that iconic tree can be seen all over the resort, nearly 100 years ago to the date then owner, Samuel Finley Brown Morse opened this iconic resort on February 22, 1919. He saw the lone cypress and he knew he had to make it the resort's trademark." IN A STATEMENT BY THE PEBBLE BEACH COMPANY.. THEY SAID Over time, it is not unusual for a tree to change, grow, or shed its leaves or branches, just as The Lone Cypress has done many times before. This is a natural part of the evolution of The Lone Cypress, and it is still standing today as proudly as ever." AN ARBORIST CAME AND CHECKED THE TREE OUT. AND THE TRUNK OF THE TREE APPEARS PERFECTLY HEALTHY DA CHRISTOPHER, THANK YOU... NOW FLOODING... REAL CON