Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds to me like you're describing a pump? Pumps suck. - -- Rob http://www.robertappleby.com Mobile: (+39) 348 336 7990 Home: (+39) 059 303436 - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <JLS@runbox.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 12:36 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] A tree falls in Natchitoches > "The tree sucked up water..." > > Oh dear. A biological and physical impossibility. You DO need to speak the > Northwestern's resident botanist. The water is taken into the roots by > osmosis, and then carried up the rest of the way through transpiration. > > Other than that, you've got a nice photojournalist's series of the disaster > of '02. Have you taken a good look at a recent satellite picture of the > gulf? In another week, that tree's gonna have more water to suck....now > you've got ME saying it. > > JLS > > At 10:29 PM 9/21/2002 +0100, you wrote: > >From: "(SonC) Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com> > >To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > >Sent: 21 September 2002 20:49 > >Subject: [Leica] A tree falls in Natchitoches > > > > > > > You may recall that last week a large portion of a tree fell into my > >house. > > > This week, much of my time was consumed with the various tasks related to > > > getting it removed, and keeping rain out of the house in the meantime. > >For > > > starters, here is a shot of the damage. > > > > > > http://www.sonc.com/limb_down.htm > > > > > > We had to rent a crane from 60 miles away capable of lifting the limb off > > > the house without damaging the roof further. We had been lucky, I guess, > > > only seven punctures to the roof, and just two rafters broken. But of > > > course, after weeks of drought, the days after it fell were rainy. > > > > > > Here's the view of the removal: > > > > > > http://www.sonc.com/crane_tree.htm > > > > > > The best tree guy in town is someone I've known a long time, who also > >moved > > > to Natchitoches as a grown-up. Wayne Walker and I went to Junior High > > > School together in Bossier City in 1958. > > > > > > http://www.sonc.com/wayne_saws.htm > > > > > > One aside, one reason the limb chose last weekend to fall was that we had > >a > > > considerable rain after a prolonged drought. The tree sucked up water, > >and > > > the now-brittle branch with a weak spot near the trunk cracked from the > > > weight. Here's a shot of the end of a portion draining water after it was > > > cut apart. > > > http://www.sonc.com/water_tree.htm > > > > > > Back to people shots next week, I hope. > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > SonC (Sonny Carter) > > > http://www.sonc.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html