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Hiker, 28, is killed when 200-foot redwood falls on top of him on national park dirt trail
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| 26 December 2019
| Ralph R. Ortega
Posted on 12/27/2019 6:58:47 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
If a tree falls in the woods and SPLAT!
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:00:40 AM PST
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
What are the chances....?
Our good Lord wanted him home NOW.
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Sounds like the movie “Final Destination”.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:05:13 AM PST
by
Lockbar
(uit.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Five giant redwood trees suddenly fell
One falling tree would be like being struck by lightning. Five? I'm calling B.S.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:05:28 AM PST
by
Spirochete
(GOP: Gutless Old Party)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Should we say that five redwood trees committed suicide to get that hiker?
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:06:10 AM PST
by
Berosus
(I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Unfortunate, to say the least.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:07:43 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: MrEdd
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:09:24 AM PST
by
budj
(combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
To: cloudmountain
I hope he didn’t suffer. At least in his last moments he was likely appreciating the magnificence of that forest. I used to hike there with my kids and drove on many field trips to Muir Woods.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:09:33 AM PST
by
Kipp
To: budj
He needed to be trained in Tree Catching.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:11:20 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
I’m surprised some guys death is a place for everyone to drop their one-liners, this thread doesn’t reflect well on Conservatives at all
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:12:08 AM PST
by
GulfMan
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Global Warming Trumps Fault Republican Intransigence Russia Russia Russia The Phone Call Impeach Now!
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:13:05 AM PST
by
samtheman
(U.S. out of the U.N. --- U.N. out of the U.S.)
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:15:16 AM PST
by
deport
To: cloudmountain
‘Our good Lord wanted him home NOW.’
for what possible reason would a good deity create a person, giving him 28 years to form the basis of his entire future, then snuff the guy in a freakish occurrence that might happen once every century, thus rendering the life he did allow him to be devoid of any substantial meaning...?
what possible benefit was derived from this man’s death...?
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Subhradeep Dutta, who is from Edina, Minnesota, was pronounced dead flat at the scene
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:16:17 AM PST
by
SIDENET
(ISAIAH 5:20)
To: dfwgator
Super funny! Is that from a movie?
To: Spirochete
This can and does indeed happen. Redwoods have extensive but surprisingly shallow root systems: think of a thumbtack sitting on its barely dirt-covered base. If the ground is saturated and soft, and a big wind comes up, it will tip the trees. If one tips far enough to fall, its upended roots will dislodge pother trees' overlapping and likewise shallow roots, and a whole row can go down.
Not an everyday occurrence, but common enough.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:17:16 AM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Speaking for the fact-based community.)
To: deport
Dang, there’s even one sneaking up behind him in that picture!
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:17:34 AM PST
by
SIDENET
(ISAIAH 5:20)
To: Kipp
I hope he didnt suffer. At least in his last moments he was likely appreciating the magnificence of that forest. I used to hike there with my kids and drove on many field trips to Muir Woods.I doubt if he did.
I used to be afraid of heights. So when I was 29 years old I decided to take a skydiving class to rid myself of that phobia.
I took the class and did the jump. I was on a static line which meant that even if I had died in those six seconds of free fall the chute WOULD have opened.
I remember that during those SIX SECONDS of free fall my mind had gone absolutely blank. That meant that I would have SPLAT and never known what happened.
THIS guy had a huge SPLAT and was dead before he hit the ground...a blessing.
And yes, the jump DID cure my fear of heights. Hair of the dog.
To: IrishBrigade
for what possible reason would a good deity create a person, giving him 28 years to form the basis of his entire future, then snuff the guy in a freakish occurrence that might happen once every century, thus rendering the life he did allow him to be devoid of any substantial meaning...? what possible benefit was derived from this mans death...?You are questioning God's motives? Lol. Good luck with that.
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