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Giant sequoia falls, raising questions about what to do next
Los Angeles Times ^
| October 29, 2011
| Bettina Boxall
Posted on 10/29/2011 12:26:50 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Tyrone13; momtothree
Bwwwwaaaahhhahahahahaha...you’re on the wrong forum, tyrone!
Are you posting from your Corporate built Smart Phone whilst protesting Capialism at ows?
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posted on
10/29/2011 1:23:09 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
This came from the L.A. Times so I do not believe it actually happened.
Photoshopped.
The L.A. Times LIES.
82
posted on
10/29/2011 1:23:30 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(FUBO ( Real conservative or go fish))
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Actually, I would put an arched tunnel through it, and repair the bridge over the stream that got crushed.
Why? Because it would be a fascinating tourist attraction.
Sure, you could cut it up for firewood, but why not leave it where it is? Even a giant tree doesn’t make that much firewood. And there are plenty of other forests in California that should be properly logged, for the health of the trees and to cut back on forest fires.
Never mind, they’ll probably take about 60 years deciding what to do, passing the buck around and suing each other.
83
posted on
10/29/2011 1:24:11 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
How about a government grant to stand it back up. The standard grant these days to Obama contributors is $500 million, and that should do it.
To: momtothree
News Flash....
This is just coming in...
They found a large copper screw about 5 feet up on the tree...
This was not a natural death...It was MURDER!!!!
They figure it was inserted about 7 years ago.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
“Now, the U.S. Forest Service must decide what to do. “
They need to commission several studies and hire a czar to figure it out.
86
posted on
10/29/2011 1:28:22 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Back in the 1920's, before chain saws they figured it out just fine.
87
posted on
10/29/2011 1:29:01 PM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Would it help similar trees to enclose the base in a ground retaining wall, filled with more soil?Adding dirt over the roots around the base of a tree will kill it in just a couple of years.
I've seen it happen many times.
88
posted on
10/29/2011 1:29:18 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: Cincinatus' Wife
One of the oldest living things on the planet has died, and I think it is sad.
Not many things can live that long, and I think it is weird that being a conservative, it seems, is synonymous with being a jerk about living things other than humans.
To: Tyrone13
90
posted on
10/29/2011 1:29:54 PM PDT
by
Jagdgewehr
(It will take blood. Seriously.)
To: Sacajaweau
We are going to need the biggest chalk outline in history.
91
posted on
10/29/2011 1:31:49 PM PDT
by
agere_contra
("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
To: Fedupwithit
CUT THE F*&KING THING UP!!! Man, we have become a country of absolute idiots!!
LOL! your comment beat me to it........
To: late bloomer
93
posted on
10/29/2011 1:32:31 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Those who trade land for peace will end up with neither one.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
It witnessed the arrival of the first European settlers and the flurry of miners in search of gold. If so, it has better eyesight than a typical California Democrat, who thinks the world started with Cesar Chavez. :)
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posted on
10/29/2011 1:32:37 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
(CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
To: Tyrone13
It’s a friggin tree!
The dirt in my yard is older that than that tree. The rock in the corner is older than the dirt.
Lets sing Kumbaya.
95
posted on
10/29/2011 1:34:16 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Actually, if they cut a slice out of the way of the path, they could make it an educational exhibit by placing pins in the rings at various times in history ...
96
posted on
10/29/2011 1:35:21 PM PDT
by
Lmo56
(If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
To: Huck; Fedupwithit
Actually, you sound like the idiot.
Actually, he's spot on..........I'll let it go at that
To: momtothree
98
posted on
10/29/2011 1:37:49 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
When you're dealing with a 1,500-year-old sequoia in a national monument, the questions aren't just logistical. They're environmental, emotive and potentially legal.Of course they are.
To: Tyrone13
Thats pretty harsh, the history of that tree is extrodinary and it was a living thing standing tall for hundreds of years, that alone deserves some respect. I agree.
This tree has been more useful for hundreds of years than most people are during their entire lives.
And no that doesn't mean I am an OWS hippie, or that I "am posting on the wrong forum". It means that without trees humans would be pretty bad off, and without humans trees would be better off.
Having a sense of awe and reverence for nature is a good thing.
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