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Famed giant sequoia with drive-thru tunnel topples in storm
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| 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 Californias 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: dfwgator
Depends on the wife, mine is a Born again Christian so it is very seldom she considers me wrong.
To: dfwgator
If a man is alone in a forest, and his wife isn't around to hear him, is he still wrong?
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posted on
01/09/2017 8:27:26 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
(If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
To: Rebelbase
They could cut the thing up into tiny pieces and sell them as souvenirs. Might make a few bucks.
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posted on
01/09/2017 8:30:25 AM PST
by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
01/09/2017 8:38:21 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
(If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
To: dp0622
I drove through there in 68 going between LA and Portland. I just did it to do it really, could have avoid most of the park but decided to do it and to this day I’m certainly glad I did, it’s up there with the Grand Canyon that’s for sure.
To: dfwgator
The Maples did it.
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posted on
01/09/2017 8:48:38 AM PST
by
Rinnwald
To: jerod
“Global Warming does it again.”
Yup. Another global warming related death.
67
posted on
01/09/2017 10:05:20 AM PST
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(The first step in ending the War on White People, is to recognize it exists.)
To: dp0622
Ive got to see one before I die.
You can do both, if it topples while you are there.
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posted on
01/09/2017 10:09:29 AM PST
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: dp0622
Ive got to see one before I die.As opposed to after you die?
69
posted on
01/09/2017 10:24:48 AM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: mountn man
I don’t know if we get to see the earth after we die :)
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posted on
01/09/2017 10:36:22 AM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Twinkie
ROFLMAO!!!!!
It took me five minutes to get it lol!!!
Old head injury.
Never saw that quip before :)
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posted on
01/09/2017 10:41:32 AM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: wright2bear
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posted on
01/09/2017 10:44:28 AM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: dp0622
I dont know if we get to see the earth after we die :)If it wasn't for the casket, earth is all you could see after you die.
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posted on
01/09/2017 10:55:31 AM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: 5th MEB
It does. ... I thought they outlawed those in California as a fire hazard.
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posted on
01/09/2017 11:45:57 AM PST
by
D Rider
To: Rebelbase
I rode through that hole with my parents in 1961. The tree looked great then. Death and considerable degeneration have happened since.
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posted on
01/09/2017 12:23:05 PM PST
by
ntnychik
To: dp0622
At times, I am a smartass. - Now that you have seen ONE,
please don’t die on me!! Get yourself another project!
:o)
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posted on
01/09/2017 2:24:47 PM PST
by
Twinkie
(John 3:16)
To: PLMerite
Then the Russians WIPED it. Like with a cloth. :o)
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posted on
01/09/2017 2:27:19 PM PST
by
Twinkie
(John 3:16)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
01/09/2017 2:35:14 PM PST
by
exit82
(Making America Great Again begins with........me.)
To: Twinkie
Rofl!! you have a great sense of humor.
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posted on
01/09/2017 2:39:24 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Telepathic Intruder
In the comments there is a picture of a group of people sitting in front of that tree before the hole was mad; the inner root system was already dead and no attachment to the ground. The hole just outlined and opened up a little on what was already happening to that tree. The way it was probably gave people the idea to make the hole to begin with.
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posted on
01/09/2017 3:05:30 PM PST
by
Tammy8
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