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Famed giant sequoia with drive-thru tunnel topples in storm
AP ^ | 1/9/17 | AP

Posted on 01/09/2017 6:28:27 AM PST by Rebelbase

CALAVERAS COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A giant sequoia tree known for the huge tunnel carved through it has toppled during California’s weekend storms.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the historic Pioneer Cabin in Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Calaveras County came down during heavy rains on Sunday. A Facebook post from the Calaveras Big Trees Association confirmed the news.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: giantsequoia; pioneercabintree; redwoodtree; sequoia; sequoiatree; treefalls
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To: dp0622

Haven’t seen it since I was a kid. Another tree I want to see http://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2009/09/redwoods.html


21 posted on 01/09/2017 6:40:42 AM PST by wright2bear (#NeverTrump is a mental disorder!)
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To: Rebelbase


22 posted on 01/09/2017 6:41:07 AM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: wright2bear

Good Lord!! It’s a skyscraper.


23 posted on 01/09/2017 6:41:55 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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Back in the 60s I well remember driving through a large redwood in Yosemite in my uncle’s 1962 Ford pickup. The West coast mirrors which were popular at the time barely made it through. That tree fell many years ago as I recall.


24 posted on 01/09/2017 6:42:32 AM PST by TnTnTn
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To: dp0622
Good Lord!! It’s a skyscraper.

That would be New Yorker's description of it:)

25 posted on 01/09/2017 6:43:39 AM PST by wright2bear (#NeverTrump is a mental disorder!)
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To: PGR88
When is the wake being held for Bay Area ecofreaks to pay their respects?

Perhaps a big memorial group hug this Friday at Noon PST?

26 posted on 01/09/2017 6:44:28 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

I think there is more than one tree that has had this done to it. Having a driveway through it that is. Toppling is what happens to giant sequoias since they have a relatively shallow root structure. The largest like the General Sherman tree are fenced off to keep people from disturbing the ground around them.


27 posted on 01/09/2017 6:46:11 AM PST by xp38
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To: Little Pig

Who wants a pencil made from the wood of the giant sequoia tunnel tree?


28 posted on 01/09/2017 6:47:54 AM PST by 4yearlurker (Work hard,live free,thank God!)
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To: PGR88

Could be they should have kept letting cars go through.


29 posted on 01/09/2017 6:48:05 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: Rebelbase

I walked through the tunnel several years ago.


30 posted on 01/09/2017 6:52:41 AM PST by Retired Chemist
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To: Night Hides Not
Get the movie The Long Trailer. Lucy (Ball) Riccardo & Ricky Riccardo drive their trailer right through it.
31 posted on 01/09/2017 6:52:45 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Night Hides Not

Unfortunately, Sequoia redwood is too brittle to be a good building material. It may be ok for other redwood uses though, such as yard furniture, or decking. But that would depend on how much it splinters.


32 posted on 01/09/2017 6:52:53 AM PST by D Rider
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To: Rebelbase
Firewood now.

And countless pieces of patio furniture.

33 posted on 01/09/2017 6:53:17 AM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Iron Munro

I loved her in “The Shining”. ...


34 posted on 01/09/2017 6:54:36 AM PST by Coffee... Black... No Sugar (I'm gonna' BICKER!)
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To: Rebelbase

Its downfall came when they decided to cut a hole in its base.

Man screws up again


35 posted on 01/09/2017 6:57:29 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: dp0622

If you ever go west: Sequoia & Redwood trees, Glacier National Park, Mount St Helens, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon North Rim. Just to name a few.

Here on the east coast we have the 600+ year old Oak Trees. The Sequoias out west make them look like twigs.


36 posted on 01/09/2017 6:57:36 AM PST by FlossieBuzz
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To: Coffee... Black... No Sugar

LOLOLOL


37 posted on 01/09/2017 7:01:32 AM PST by tuffydoodle ("Never underestimate the total depravity of the average human being.")
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To: Rebelbase

It’s a plant. Plants have life cycles. Some are longer than others, but no plant lives forever.


38 posted on 01/09/2017 7:02:41 AM PST by alarm rider (Basically, we are toast.)
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To: Iron Munro

Spicoli is not age ing well


39 posted on 01/09/2017 7:23:54 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: Rebelbase; visually_augmented

I’ve driven a mini-van through that tree!


40 posted on 01/09/2017 7:26:28 AM PST by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (" Undecided Voter: someone who parades their stupidity as proof of their morality." ~David Burge)
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