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tp4tissue:
What color Soylent do you guys think gon' taste best ??
USA Drought maps July 2, 2022
tp4tissue:
Yosemite giant sequoias threatened by fire. Sigh....... d0000000000000000000m....
chyros:
--- Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 11 July 2022, 09:15:15 ---Yosemite giant sequoias threatened by fire. Sigh....... d0000000000000000000m....
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I thought they couldn't catch fire Oo .
fohat.digs:
--- Quote from: chyros on Thu, 14 July 2022, 19:31:10 ---
I thought they couldn't catch fire
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Well, they are wood. The concept is that they have really thick bark so that fires can burn around them and scorch the first few layers, but the bark is so thick that it doesn't go deep enough to get into the live part and really hurt them. And of course they are so tall that the fire can sweep through the area but only get part way up their height.
Unfortunately now, after years (decades?) of drought, the bark is probably drier farther in and so more likely to burn deep, as well as the trees are just being stressed in general.
Leslieann:
Happened earlier in the year as well and some did burn.
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