Luna killed in tug mishap

Seattle Times ^ | Friday, March 10th 2006 | ROBERT McCLURE

[proudpapa]

"...The next minute, Luna was sucked into a tube containing a propeller powered by a 1,700-horsepower engine. It chopped the whale into bits."

[Integrityrocks]

"and now we’ve got a dead whale!"

Ahh yup. And the sun still shines and the tides still come and go and the wars still go on and the movie theatres are still open....

So.... mamals give birth and die every day. Its called "life happens."

[Fatuncle]

" ...the counterfeiters of society ..."

Oh, I like that. Lovely phrase.

[Rastus]

Dang. I was hoping they got a tug into the forest and did away with Julia Butterfly Hill's tree once and for all.

[TrollBridge]

Heh...that animated GIF of Will Ferrell doing Blue Oyster Cult is awesome...I loved that skit

[butternut_squash_bisque]

LOL!

[Integrityrocks]

Pipecorp.... I laughed out loud and I'm ashamed of myself! (Ok, maybe not)

[Dinsdale]

I've heard it discribed as fishy beef.

But I've reconciled myself to travelling to Japan to find out for myself.

[billhilly]

"...The next minute, Luna was sucked into a tube containing a propeller powered by a 1,700-horsepower engine. It chopped the whale into bits."


Finally, someone invents an efficient chum machine.

[pabianice]

Hmmm... How can we get some of these running off the swimming beaches on Martha's Vineyard and Hyannisport?

[llevrok]

your flame retardant underwear

Hey! I wear that normally. Darn Mexican food does it every time!!

[llevrok]

How can we get some of these running off the swimming beaches on Martha's Vineyard and Hyannisport

You already do. He's called Teddy.

[sheik yerbouty]

And, he's under the protection of Greenpeace!

[GladesGuru]

"Julia Butterfly Hill's tree"

What is that, if I may ask? And why would a Stihl 090 deal with the problem?

[GladesGuru]

Make that "wouldn't" not "would". Sorry for the typo.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

It's a respectable demise.

[compuguru]

Already posted here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1594144/posts

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Not for use while eating Mexican food.

;o)

[Rastus]

To quote from a Wiki article about it:

Julia "Butterfly" Hill (born February 18, 1974) is an American activist and environmentalist. Hill is best known for living in a 180-foot-tall, 600-year-old California Redwood tree for 738 days between December 10th, 1997 and December 18th, 1999. Hill lived in the tree, named "Luna", to prevent loggers of the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting it down. Hill lived in a small 6-by-8-foot shelter that she had built with help of other volunteers.

This next part is classic:

A native of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Hill suffered a mild brain injury in a car crash a year before her tree-sitting experience.

That explains a lot. Your Stihl solution isn't far off:

A resolution was reached in 1999 when the Pacific Lumber Company agreed to preserve Luna and all trees within a 3-acre buffer zone. In exchange, Hill agreed to vacate the tree. In addition, $50,000 that Hill and other activists raised during the cause was given to the logging company (a somewhat controversial action amongst fellow activists), as stipulated by the resolution. Unfortunately, Luna was not completely saved as it was severely slashed with a chainsaw after Hill came down from the tree.

The chainsaw slashing was done by some mean right-winger, I think. :D

[TexasCajun]

"You come down here and chum some of this sh%#@!

[seowulf]

These Injuns in Washington know what a whale is good for:

http://www.makah.com/1999whaling.htm