Survivor bias. The ones that don't survive a hurricane don't grow up.
How do palm trees survive hurricanes? (2017)
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Re: How do palm trees survive hurricanes? (2017)
#12As someone who recently moved to a part of the US with native palms, a few discoveries that surprised me... 1) Large palms are tough . As in, serious-work-to-pole-saw-through tough. They may looks wispy in the wind, but all of those components (leaves, fruit pods, fruit stalks, leaf shealths) are beyond the strength of an average human to simply pull (tension) apart. 2) Once dried, palm parts are effectively made out…
To save you the lookup: 50 lbs = ~22.5 kg
Is it just Canadians near the U.S. border that constantly convert temperatures and weights on the fly?
I see replies and bots all over the Internet for this, but I usually have it roughed out already.
Re: How do palm trees survive hurricanes? (2017)
#13As someone who recently moved to a part of the US with native palms, a few discoveries that surprised me... 1) Large palms are tough . As in, serious-work-to-pole-saw-through tough. They may looks wispy in the wind, but all of those components (leaves, fruit pods, fruit stalks, leaf shealths) are beyond the strength of an average human to simply pull (tension) apart. 2) Once dried, palm parts are effectively made out…
2. dried fallen palm leaves are extremely dangerous, they are sharp as a knife. I was getting rid of some and it just touched my arm, I now have a 4" scar where it looks like I was trying to self harm. 3. I don't think so, my bamboo or cotton wood trees make so much more debris. At least with palms they are large debris and can easily be tossed. One thing people don't realize is how much of a pain it is to cut leaves…
I had a Chinese Elm tree on my property back in the 90s. Dropped little leaves 365 days a year that got everywhere. I also had a palm tree. The big leaves that fell on occasion were easy to deal with.
Re: How do palm trees survive hurricanes? (2017)
#14Survivor bias. The ones that don't survive a hurricane don't grow up.
Another phrase for 'survivor bias' is evolution under natural selection.
Re: How do palm trees survive hurricanes? (2017)
#15As someone who recently moved to a part of the US with native palms, a few discoveries that surprised me... 1) Large palms are tough . As in, serious-work-to-pole-saw-through tough. They may looks wispy in the wind, but all of those components (leaves, fruit pods, fruit stalks, leaf shealths) are beyond the strength of an average human to simply pull (tension) apart. 2) Once dried, palm parts are effectively made out…
To save you the lookup: 50 lbs = ~22.5 kg
How much is this in micro-Firkins?
Re: How do palm trees survive hurricanes? (2017)
#16Amen to deep roots.
I had to remove a tiny 5 inch diameter palm tree from my back yard and it took me about 2 hours of heavy pickaxing and the shoveling. And ultimately, I had to tie a rope on the tall end, and have my wife lever it from the root with the pickaxe. Extremely hard to remove these bastards.
Re: How do palm trees survive hurricanes? (2017)
#17As someone who recently moved to a part of the US with native palms, a few discoveries that surprised me... 1) Large palms are tough . As in, serious-work-to-pole-saw-through tough. They may looks wispy in the wind, but all of those components (leaves, fruit pods, fruit stalks, leaf shealths) are beyond the strength of an average human to simply pull (tension) apart. 2) Once dried, palm parts are effectively made out…
2. dried fallen palm leaves are extremely dangerous, they are sharp as a knife. I was getting rid of some and it just touched my arm, I now have a 4" scar where it looks like I was trying to self harm. 3. I don't think so, my bamboo or cotton wood trees make so much more debris. At least with palms they are large debris and can easily be tossed. One thing people don't realize is how much of a pain it is to cut leaves…
4. Dried leaves are highly flammable.
Had to clear a big pile of dried mixed palm and cordyline leaves, and decided to burn them. Big mistake. They're full of oils. Be very careful with that. Annoyingly for the same reason they don't really rot, so getting rid of them can be a pain.
Re: How do palm trees survive hurricanes? (2017)
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
To save you the lookup: 50 lbs = ~22.5 kg
Is it just Canadians near the U.S. border that constantly convert temperatures and weights on the fly? I see replies and bots all over the Internet for this, but I usually have it roughed out already.
Mexican near the border here, same.
Re: How do palm trees survive hurricanes? (2017)
#19Survivor bias. The ones that don't survive a hurricane don't grow up.
...and don't reproduce, and don't pass on their genes to future generations. Natural selection.
Re: How do palm trees survive hurricanes? (2017)
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
To save you the lookup: 50 lbs = ~22.5 kg
How much is this in micro-Firkins?
obviously Firkins / 1,000,000. Unless Firkins aren't in sane decimal universe for grownups but one of those feet-to-inches (or miles-to-yard, or feet to X) magical constant ones