[momtothree]

This is California.. why, oh why, do I get the idea that some idiot will actually want to have a public funeral? The death of a tree.. boo hoo hoo.

[xp38]

Notice the writer has already anthropomorphised it with this sentence. It witnessed the arrival of the first European settlers... These giant trees die this way because they have a relatively shallow root system. They can live longer than almost any other life form on earth but for this one achilles heel. It is the reason some of the biggest are now fenced off from the public because too much tramping about around their base might create instability.

[Tyrone13]

This is California.. why, oh why, do I get the idea that some idiot will actually want to have a public funeral? The death of a tree.. boo hoo hoo.

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That’s 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. You sound so angry. It’s amazing that you can’t see the sadness of a giant tree dying after all those years, and with your screen name, momofthree, what kind of sympathy did you teach your children? I feel sorry for you.

[Jack Hydrazine]

They are already on it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygY57FdRcr0