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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:25:50 -0400
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:13:43 -0700
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

> In article <n6vd1jd2qfd9fsef700em2pq2c02qvqmko@4ax.com>,
>  shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:36:15 -0700, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com>
> > wrote: 
> > >On 4/10/2024 1:07 PM, shawn wrote:  
> > >> On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:55:54 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
> > >> wrote: 
> > >>> In article
> > >>> <1782814550.734460645.097495.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
> > >>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:  
> 
> > >>>> Yes, palm trees are everywhere! I have had several. They are
> > >>>> actually rogue. They just appear in your yard one day and then
> > >>>> decades later are 50 feet tall. I have had several removed
> > >>>> because they were too close to the house and were going to
> > >>>> take the roof right off as they pushed on the eaves from
> > >>>> below.  
> > >>>
> > >>> Yes, L.A.'s ubiquitous and signature palm trees are not native
> > >>> to California, either. They're an invasive species (actually
> > >>> several species) that people just happen to find attractive for
> > >>> landscaping.
> > >>>
> > >>> I've read that palms are also technically not trees. Don't know
> > >>> if that's true or not.  
> > >> 
> > >> So it is just like the tumbleweed. We associate the tumbleweed
> > >> with the old west and palm trees with Los Angeles/Hollywood and
> > >> neither one actually belongs there.
> > >>   
> > >Tumbleweeds are real and they're found all over the West, maybe in
> > >the midwest too. I've seen them and I live more than 1000 from
> > >SoCal.  
> > 
> > Sure, they are real. Nobody is discounting that. I was referring to
> > them being an invasive species. I believe they first came from
> > Russia and have taken off like crazy. If I'm remembering right they
> > showed up after the Wild West days which is why I talked about the
> > general public associating tumbleweeds with the old west when the
> > tumbleweed showed up after the old west days were gone.  
> 
> On one of my yearly driving trips from L.A. back to Texas for
> Christmas, I was in New Mexico and the wind was really blowing and
> suddenly there were thousands of tumbleweeds-- not small ones,
> either, some half the size of my 4Runner-- bouncing across the
> highway from side to the other all around me, hitting the side of the
> SUV, going over the top of it, etc. I couldn't see anything ahead of
> me so I just pulled over to wait it out and hoped it didn't last long.

Did they damage your car? I can imagine scratches as they brushed by
your car....

-- 
Rhino