The Unlikely Survival of the 1,081 Year-Old Redwood El Palo Alto
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Re: The Unlikely Survival of the 1,081 Year-Old Redwood El Palo Alto
#2The Seattle Times appears to host a copy of the same article without a paywall (at least I'm not getting one):
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-unlikely-survi...
Re: The Unlikely Survival of the 1,081 Year-Old Redwood El Palo Alto
#3It never occurred to me that Palo Alto means Tall Stick(Tree) even though I knew Alto meant tall.
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#4It never occurred to me that Palo Alto means Tall Stick(Tree) even though I knew Alto meant tall.
If it makes you feel better, it never occurred to me either, and I know the meaning of both Palo and Alto
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#5It never occurred to me that Palo Alto means Tall Stick(Tree) even though I knew Alto meant tall.
Just wait until you see the Stanford logo.
http://identity.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SU_N...
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#6It never occurred to me that Palo Alto means Tall Stick(Tree) even though I knew Alto meant tall.
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#7I used to live in a condo building directly across the street from El Palo Alto. Walked by it every morning. Like the article says, it's in a small park right next to the Caltrain tracks, and you probably wouldn't take notice of it unless you already knew about it. I didn't know a lot of the history that this article provided, though... I love the thought of a >1k year old living thing just standing there inconspicuously.
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#9I grew up on the East Coast, so my first trip to Big Basin Redwoods State Park [0] was awe-inspiring. I'm glad to see this tree surviving so far from its preferred environment.
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#10I grew up on the East Coast, so my first trip to Big Basin Redwoods State Park [0] was awe-inspiring. I'm glad to see this tree surviving so far from its preferred environment. [0] http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540
I also grew up on the East Coast.
My first "real" job out of University had me pinball around the continental US, which eventually lead me to California.
When I drove down from Washington [state], I passed through a grove of Redwoods. Having never been to California and never seen live and in person Redwood trees before, I took a few minutes to pull over and chill.
Clearly an experience I still remember.