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A couple of days back a tree lost one of its huge branch during a spell of heavy rains...I used to see it from my window every day.True trees age like us and become weak... that's the cycle.
posted by
shamasehar
on July 1, 2018 at 7:59 PM
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So far, the construction crfew's keeping three trees next door on the house either being demolished or buit around.
posted by
BC-A
on June 30, 2018 at 1:34 PM
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looks like my yard after a hurricane
posted by
overtherainbow
on June 30, 2018 at 1:28 PM
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thought you were talking of husband not son. never mind. ha.
posted by
Carolyn_Moe
on June 30, 2018 at 11:40 AM
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We were in the cemetery and a massive limb came crashing down from a tall tree . It has been put down to the drought, we really do need rain.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 30, 2018 at 11:16 AM
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I have had a few trees fall myself on the back of my property. Never dull.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on June 30, 2018 at 8:59 AM
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Re: MOEC
Explanation: Back when Colin Powell was in the news a lot, Son was making fun of his name. "Colin, he said, what kind of name is that. That's an awful name. I'd rather be called Ribcage than Colin." So, that became his nickname--Ribcage."
posted by
TAPS.
on June 30, 2018 at 5:48 AM
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ribcage... ha, were you taken from his?
posted by
Carolyn_Moe
on June 30, 2018 at 5:16 AM
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Goodness.....it's gonna be worse today and tomorrow. I waited until the sun went below the treeline to cut some grass.....it was still hard to breath. I gave up.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on June 30, 2018 at 4:37 AM
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TAPS
That's huge tree, and nephew is a big boy also! Weather extremes are harder on trees than people realize. We are still losing trees in this area from rains the year before last.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on June 29, 2018 at 7:25 PM
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Wow The root system dwarfs big John. Goodness me.
posted by
Kabu
on June 29, 2018 at 5:24 PM
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Big!
The tree, too!
posted by
Ciel
on June 29, 2018 at 5:16 PM
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Re: Lots of trees down in this neck of the woods, too - and power outages.
Wow. Your poor son. It sounds like a difficult job.
posted by
TAPS.
on June 29, 2018 at 4:49 PM
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My mind just went off in its own direction & I forgot to mention
what an awesome photo that was, what a shame to lose such a great old tree.
posted by
Pat_B
on June 29, 2018 at 4:08 PM
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Lots of trees down in this neck of the woods, too - and power outages.
My son who recently took a job as the resident plumber at the med. security prison in East St. Louis told me the power's out down there and he was up most of the night getting the emergency generators up and running, the basement pumps working - the place suffers from deferred maintenance, and there's no AC except in the administrative offices. Rich has gotten a lot of stuff up and running in the 3 weeks he's been there, but he can't make it comfortable in this heat & humidity. They told him it might be another 48 hours before they get the power back on.
posted by
Pat_B
on June 29, 2018 at 4:07 PM
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