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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Been told that Eucalyptus can spark up to 7 miles...makes it a hard fuel to deal with. And they tend to get hollowed out with age and blow up real good in wild land fires...


34 posted on 02/12/2009 12:24:53 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Beware, world! I haz camera!)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Eucs are basically designed to feed Koalas and spread wildfires. Here (No. CA) they are considered weeds. You may note the rabid exception in the Walnut Creek tree regs I listed earlier excepting “Blue Gum” trees. You cut down some number of Eucalyptus trees and they will channel Barbara Boxer into your chainsaw, and two hairy Berkeley graduates will come and interview you on videotape about your work with non-native species for the local community access channel. After the interview, they’ll ask for a group hug and invite you on a whale-hugging biodiversity expedition.


53 posted on 02/12/2009 6:31:18 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Mr. Bernanke, have you started working on your book about the second GREATER depression?")
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Los Angeles county schools finally started removing the exotic Eucalyptus on their grounds when it became apparent that mature limbs would just drop off without the slightest provocation; children had been struck by falling branches.


61 posted on 02/12/2009 12:21:04 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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