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Giant sequoia falls, raising questions about what to do next
Los Angeles Times ^
| October 29, 2011
| Bettina Boxall
Posted on 10/29/2011 12:26:50 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Johnny B.
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posted on
10/29/2011 12:47:33 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
(t)
To: jwalsh07
42
posted on
10/29/2011 12:48:32 PM PDT
by
mazda77
(and I am a Native Texan)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
To: mdittmar
You guys are really gonna piss off Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and
Meriadoc, not to mention Gandalf, he is really a great respector of the Noble Ents..
44
posted on
10/29/2011 12:49:53 PM PDT
by
late bloomer
( Neglegere homo pone aulaeum. semi-retired warlord)
To: WSGilcrest
Granddaughter says I should get one of those. BTW she is the granddaughter that stacks my wood in the shed as I cut and split so she has skin in the game.
45
posted on
10/29/2011 12:49:55 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
(t)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
46
posted on
10/29/2011 12:50:26 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: 101voodoo
"Make some REAL money by selling to the public one inch square pieces sealed in Lucite. The liberal weinies especially the greens will pay plenty. All money goes t the trsury for debt reduction. " Cut it up for lumber, build some exclusive houses with it and sell the 'special' houses.
47
posted on
10/29/2011 12:51:14 PM PDT
by
blam
To: Zuben Elgenubi
the mammoth sequoia had stood sentry since King Arthur's knights gathered at the Round Table. Um...with Arthur, the round table and the knights being mostly fictional...when exactly was that?
48
posted on
10/29/2011 12:51:56 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Attacking Wall Street because you're jobless is like burning down Whole Foods because you're hungry.)
To: jwalsh07
A wire saw could be used to cut it into managable sections, however I do like the above suggestion of selling little cubes of it. At ten bucks a pop you could make some serious bank.
49
posted on
10/29/2011 12:52:05 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: jwalsh07
Lookin’ at the weather, today’s probably a good day to have her haul some into the house.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Nice change of pace thread CW;)
#1 Cut a pass through with hand rails etc.,
#2 Sell the wood as one poster suggested - in 1” squares. Should raise $millions for the State.
#3 Send slices to other National Parks - showing the rings - and climate changes throughout the centuries.
#4 Allow furniture manufacturers to bid on what is left and make more money for the State treasury.
#5 Make a documentary of the disposition of this natural treasure and sell to HGTV.
51
posted on
10/29/2011 12:52:23 PM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Cain - touching the better angels of our nature. Newt - knowledge is power.)
To: jwalsh07
In sections — go in as far as possible each time with a chainsaw. Use the lumber to erect a building in memory of the tree.
52
posted on
10/29/2011 12:52:30 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(ya don't tug on Supermans cape/ya don't spit into the wind...and ya don't speak well of Mitt to Jim!)
To: PGR88
Let's form a drum circle, hold hands, and weep for Mother Gaia's lost child.I would say it is better than even money that this happens before it's over.
To: mdittmar; late bloomer
It didn't witness anything,it's a tree. Yeah...my thought too....maybe it is/was an Ent.
54
posted on
10/29/2011 12:54:20 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Attacking Wall Street because you're jobless is like burning down Whole Foods because you're hungry.)
To: xp38
Would it help similar trees to enclose the base in a ground retaining wall, filled with more soil? Deep enough that allowing people on top of it would not hurt the trees’ roots?
55
posted on
10/29/2011 12:54:41 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(ya don't tug on Supermans cape/ya don't spit into the wind...and ya don't speak well of Mitt to Jim!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Sierra Nevada's famed Trail of 100 99 Giants
56
posted on
10/29/2011 12:56:18 PM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Johnny B.
Great photosgraphs - thanks for the link.
From back when most Americans had a “Can Do” approach to life.
These men cut a 26’ diameter redwood tree into logs with hand tools and they didn’t have even one government financed study to tell them why it couldn’t be done.
(photo says 26’, text says 36’ - either way it’s huge)
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posted on
10/29/2011 12:58:12 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
('We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them.' -- Mitt Romney)
To: mazda77
Most dangerous occupation in America.
58
posted on
10/29/2011 12:58:12 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
(t)
To: jwalsh07
Hire illegal aliens to do it.
59
posted on
10/29/2011 12:59:05 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(~ Just livin' life, my way ~........ leaning heavy for Newt 2012)
To: WSGilcrest
Already burning, been snowing since 1.
60
posted on
10/29/2011 12:59:50 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
(t)
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