Attention floridians

Here's another fun plant fact for ya. Palms are often referred to as "palm trees" but they are not trees at all. They have a totally different structure and evolution than trees do. They are actually more closely related to grasses.

I'm with you 100%, bro.

 

Only when it falls OFF the tree. We use it for "decor" at a lot of stage sets and themed events. The guys told me dont EVER pull it from off the ground. They second it touches land, it becomes a thriving home for ticks and a million other little insects. They told me horror stories about bringing it in to resorts and stuff and infesting a 10,000 sq foot ball room. Don't know if that is true, but until proven otherwise, I will take the advice of guys born and raised here. They just said, do what you want with it when it's in a tree, but the second it hits the ground, its garbage.

 

And San Diego county has the highest density of "Palm Trees" in the country, and not one of them is indigenous. I always thought that was interesting.

 

not trying to hijack this thread but

I'm gonna post pics of some my experiences in florida

brb

 

9,000 gallon gasoline spill

boca raton, fl

 

fire at tire chipping facility. ft. pierce, fl

is that bad?

 

OK, I can understand that. I can see it being attractive to unwanted critters.

 

I don't know about the highest density thing but Washingtonia filifera is indigenous, if not to San Diego at least to California. But yeah, San Diego has an excellent climate for many palms though perhaps a bit dry for some.

 

that's two tractor trailers

one used to be a tanker w/ gasoline

note the melted liquid aluminium on the left

all that plus the anti ff foam went into that canal

 

let me know if you want to see more.

 

yes, environmental specialist III

all i really did was contract, paperwork, admin stuff

 

Let me guess, a Walmart Truck slammed into a BP truck? No?

 

Ah yes! Rape, pillage and plunder! It's a Swedish thing.

[video=youtube;ApxnAr6pRt0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApxnAr6pRt0[/video]

 

Good one, zach.

Those pics are good stuff, metard. Florida itself is an enviromental disaster.

One of the better incidents here happened many years ago. Gas tanker truck stuck in stop and go traffic stops on the railroad tracks. Crossing gates come down. Truck can't move forward or back due to traffic. Train plows into truck. Amazing colossal fireball ensues. Many people die.

 

Reminds me of a cat we had but she had a small grey mohawk patch atop her forehead. Awesome cat. She ate stuff like blueberries, grapes and tangerines and would play fetch. Would sleep on my wife's pillow every night. Cancer took her 6 years ago.