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by Vandal » Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:13 am
The Pioneer Cabin Tree, a giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park that was tunneled through in the 1880s, has fallen due to severe winter weather. It was believed to be hundreds of years old.
http://gizmodo.com/after-more-than-100- ... refromsite
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by silverscreenselect » Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:27 am
I hope no one was underneath when it happened.
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by mrkelley23 » Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:29 am
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman
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by BackInTex » Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:45 pm
How about the fact that 60% of the base the the tree was removed? Probably by Whigs.
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by bazodee » Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:48 pm
BackInTex wrote:
There is a sort of global warming argument that could be made here, I guess, but that's pretty much of a stretch.
A bit tongue in cheek, but the structural integrity of the tree was definitely weakened by it being hollowed out at the bottom. Nowadays, environmentalists would put up a fight if someone tried to do this to a protected species like the redwood .....
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by silverscreenselect » Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:48 pm
BackInTex wrote:
How about the fact that 60% of the base the the tree was removed? Probably by Whigs.
I didn't know you could make wigs out of wood. I'd suspect George Washington used it for his teeth but I'm a century off here.
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by BackInTex » Tue Jan 10, 2017 2:41 pm
bazodee wrote:BackInTex wrote:
There is a sort of global warming argument that could be made here, I guess, but that's pretty much of a stretch.
A bit tongue in cheek, but the structural integrity of the tree was definitely weakened by it being hollowed out at the bottom. Nowadays, environmentalists would put up a fight if someone tried to do this to a protected species like the redwood .....
Not my quote. MrKelly's quote. You're channeling me, though.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
