OT: Winds Drop National Christmas Tree

[Slinky]

The nation's most energy-efficient National Christmas Tree doesn't appear to be the nation's most energy-resistant one. The 42-foot tall Colorado blue spruce snapped at its base during high winds Saturday morning in Washington.

Sustained winds at 25 miles per hour and wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour swept through the area and snapped the tree 4 feet above the ground, the National Park Service said in a statement.

By 5:30 p.m., less than seven hours later, the tree was reduced to mulch by work crews.

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[amos]

Slinky,

We took our Christmas Tree down on January 1st. How about you?

amos

[roster]

Would you please refer to that tree as the "National Seasonal Holiday Tree" in all future correspondence!

And by the way, the tree was "relocated to a horizontal position by a renewable energy source" and the tree should never have been placed in an "expedited wind development zone", http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/stat ... 12-30.html .

[carbonman]

While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have to stand naked

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
BDylan

[Slinky]

*giggle* Gotchya, Roster Rooster. I forgot about being "politically correct".

Yep, our tree goes up one week before Christmas and comes down on New Year's Day. Love the fragrance when it first goes up and plenty ready to see it go by New Year's Day.

[Kilopy]

I have never been known to be politically correct. It is a Christmas Tree.

[Wulfman...]

When I first heard about it, it struck me that it was both a metaphor and an omen.........


Den