[pct-l] Pct-l Digest, Vol 30, Issue 52

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> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:58:31 -0400
> From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01 at mac.com>
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> To: Len Glassner <len5742 at gmail.com>
> Cc: jomike at cot.net, pct-l at backcountry.net
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> On Jun 16, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Len Glassner wrote:
>>> Almost every tree top is missing for the 15 miles we have cleared.
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>> Are the tops literally blown off trees?  Or is there another
>> explanation for this phenomenon?
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> I have no knowledge of this particular incident but it sort of sounds like 
> what happens in the northeast during an ice storm or a heavy wet snow in 
> the fall when the leaves are all still on the trees.
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> The trees simply can't hold up the weight of the ice and snow and snap.

That's what we saw during the winter of 2006 - normally here we either have 
little snow (1-3"), or if a significant amount, a cold dry powder - in 
Dec2006 we got 10-12" of hydraulic cement overnight, and by morning our oak 
forest was laying on the ground - lost 70ish
(major) oaks leaving us 8-10' tall stumps and the tops on the ground 
besides - these were 60'+ trees, most, by counting rings, over 100 yrs old. 
[lost a bunch of pines also, but they just levered over, pulling the roots 
up, leaving huge craters.]...  nature can sometimes be tough on itself.

TheDuck.
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