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August 08, 2006
Tree Huggers
We finally had some excitement around here yesterday...something other than the weather to talk about. Well, not entirely, it WAS windy which made us all aware there were cracking sounds going on around us. ( As I mentioned before...trees falling in the woods with no one around DO make noise.)
So last year my neighbor Laura noticed the big tree on the city's side of the fence had a substantial crack in it's trunk. She called, someone came to inspect and deemed it a low priority issue. Must be the tree got wind of that (so to speak) took offense and decided to do away with itself. After a few loud cracks, heard 'round the neighborhood, Laura again called the city and they said they'd send someone out. Someone DID come within a half hour...someone said it's too big a job for them and would send some local tree experts soon. We stood around watching and waiting and joking about taking bets as to the exact time of collapse...Crack.......Crack..... crack, crack crack. No One had a watch on but it was probably less than an hour from when she called the city...Impressive.
Laura and her puppies........
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Posted by frani at August 8, 2006 09:10 AM
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