Am i the only one saddened by the death of the 240 yr old elm tree?

i know it sounds crazy but it makes me very sad to know that this stately tree in maine must come down. if you haven't heard of this, here's the link a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100108/ap_on_re_us/us_the_old_man_and_the_tree"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100108/ap_o…/a