[AT] OT - R.Finks Redwood question

[Dave Merchant]

A loss in Florida...

http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2012/january/370329/The-Senator-falls,-worlds-5th-oldest-tree-destroyed-by-fire-in-Longwood

Dave Merchant

At 10:24 AM 1/16/2012, you wrote:
>Put it on your bucket list, Richard, and then DO IT!  They are within easy 
>access to Palo Alto, so that means they can almost be reached by public 
>transportation from San Francisco.
>
>Larry
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>From: "Richard Fink Sr" <rfinksr at verizon.net>
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>Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 6:16:26 AM
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>Thanks Dave. And Grant
>That is one of the thinks in life i would like to do. See them trees. My
>mind can,t rap around the amount of lumber that would be in a tree like
>that. I can recall seeing trees 4 ft when i was a kid at local mill. An
>other story.
>R Fink
>PA
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>Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 10:40 PM
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>Hi Richard!
>
>This may be a late post - I.m on the digest (:<((
>
>Don't know if this is the one you're talking about but last October a 1,500
>year old Giant Sequoia (commonly called a coastal redwood) just sort of fell
>over - actually two trees joined at the base in Sequoia National Forest. It
>happened to fall across a major hiking trail and was witnessed by a few
>folks walking along - must have been a bit of a surprise!
>
>At any rate, my understanding is that the Forest Service has decided to
>leave it be, and re-route the trail around it.
>
>There is quite a bit of lumber in it, and truly old growth at that... almost
>all the redwood lumber you see today is 2nd or 3rd gen growth... and if you
>think the redwood products you see on the racks today is pricey, price old
>growth, tight grain redwood (if you can find it)! The only place I see it
>these days is in salvage lumber, and is quite prized.
>
>Best
>Dave in Gilroy, CA
>(maybe 12 miles from Grant B!)
>
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>Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:47:12 -0500
>From: "Richard Fink Sr" <rfinksr at verizon.net>
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>Hi people. I heard this week that one of the giant red wood or what ever
>they are in CA came down. Any story or notes any one has would be great.
>Reason, how much wood was in it, where it went, And photos if known.
>Thanks
>R Fink
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