I've been offline for a few days now. Hurricane Frances came and went. And so did I, down to my cousins house that is. While driving through the neighborhood I saw a LOT of ficus trees had bit the dust.
These are huge non-native plants that have shallow roots. I don't know what idiot thought they were a good idea to plant down here. But chances are when you hear of a tree falling over chances are it was a ficus. They make excellent hurricane fodder because the shallow roots isn't a solid foundation. And they cost a lot of money to destroy. the roots get entangled in everything, pipes, powerlines, other trees, and even building foundations. In fact, some guy just had his house destroyed because the ficus roots got under his house and flipped it over like a coin. (While not a true, died in the wool environmentalist I did learn a few things in Broward's excellent school system.)
So the power didn't go out in my neighborhood but it did in a lot of other places. Can't wait for the cleanup to begin. How was your Labor Day weekend?
Bring it on Ivan, bring it on...
Posted by yardie at September 6, 2004 11:25 AM