And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
An early morning palm tree fire on Christmas day in Los Angeles.
They start when a ner'er do well lights the bottom of the dead frond skirt. Fan palms are basically high functioning grass. Palms grow out of the center, when the the growth center grows away from the frond it dies leaving a down pointing, very flammable frond. Then there is a hollow between the skirt and the trunk. Makes a great place for critter habitat and chimney fires. The not a tree usually lives. A back yard trim and clean up, for a palm that size, would have been about #400 ten years ago, depending on complicating circumstances. Oh yeah, each frond stem has shark teeth full length, both edges. Fun times.
Curious, how the heck does a palm tree immolate?
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DeleteThey start when a ner'er do well lights the bottom of the dead frond skirt. Fan palms are basically high functioning grass. Palms grow out of the center, when the the growth center grows away from the frond it dies leaving a down pointing, very flammable frond. Then there is a hollow between the skirt and the trunk. Makes a great place for critter habitat and chimney fires. The not a tree usually lives.
ReplyDeleteA back yard trim and clean up, for a palm that size, would have been about #400 ten years ago, depending on complicating circumstances.
Oh yeah, each frond stem has shark teeth full length, both edges. Fun times.