[AT] OT - R.Finks Redwood question

[Richard Fink Sr]

Thanks
I saw that on the world news
R Fink
PA

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>A loss in Florida...
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> http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2012/january/370329/The-Senator-falls,-worlds-5th-oldest-tree-destroyed-by-fire-in-Longwood
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> 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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>>
>>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
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
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>>Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 10:40 PM
>>Subject: Re: [AT] OT - R.Finks Redwood question
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>>
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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!)
>>
>>
>>Message: 5
>>Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:47:12 -0500
>>From: "Richard Fink Sr" <rfinksr at verizon.net>
>>Subject: [AT] Total OT
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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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