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Iconic Sequoia 'Tunnel Tree' Brought Down By California Storm
NPR ^ | January 9, 2017

Posted on 01/09/2017 12:19:10 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: keat

We may have watch another smaller car drive through the tree or it could have been us. My brother might have a clearer memory.


21 posted on 01/09/2017 3:22:38 PM PST by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: dainbramaged

Well, I think it’s a big deal! :-D


22 posted on 01/09/2017 6:16:08 PM PST by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Captain Rhino

I wonder if it made a sound?


23 posted on 01/09/2017 8:09:07 PM PST by Delta 21 (The minority demands NOTHING !)
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To: nickcarraway

2016 almost got this tree, but not quite.


24 posted on 01/09/2017 8:19:47 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: Captain Rhino

True. When Sequoia trees are felled, the fallers make up a thick bed of limbs and branches for the tree to fall on. This is to try and limit the log from shattering on impact.


25 posted on 01/10/2017 4:13:37 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: Delta 21

Based on large trees that have fallen down on my property, very definitely.

That question you refer to is subjective and revolves around witnessing an event. The event proceeds - in all its dimensions - whether or not there is a anyone to witness it. Probably a good case for claiming objective events are, in fact, real. Which, in turn, brings up the famous Lincoln quote on the related subject of false claims being true simply because a lot of people say they are.


26 posted on 01/10/2017 4:21:04 AM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: mumblypeg

There is a Live Oak in Biloxi that has been aged to 2000 years. I didn’t know oaks could live that long.


27 posted on 01/10/2017 6:30:09 AM PST by houeto
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