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One of the Costco guys emailed a pic of the tree that was on top of the rig.:hillbilly:
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Wow!
You can tell a true desert rat by the humoristic view of wet destructive carnage..:D

Let me guess...Thornless mesquite.;)

Edit: that is an ash.
 
Remind me not to go to lunch with you Kevin :grinpimp:
 
thank God for Armor!

All this Ash flying around.....
 
Helpful hint, never need one till you really need one, pack a chainsaw..;):D
 
Came home and my tree was laying in the front yard. This is the THIRD TIME!! It is getting bigger all the time and I can not pick it up by myself any more so I had to compromise....
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azTony said:
Came home and my tree was laying in the front yard. This is the THIRD TIME!! It is getting bigger all the time and I can not pick it up by myself any more so I had to compromise....
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The reason why we see so many uprooted trees and especially thornless mesquites is because they are usually constantly watered. Mesquites are very drought tolerate, they have a strong ground root that will dig down to search for water, thus giving itself a good firm grip to the earth. If it is constantly watered, that root won't develop as much and the top will over grow and then we all know the rest of the story. I have one in my back yard. The top is a bit overgrown, but I love it for the shade in the summer time. I haven't regularly watered mine on over a year. It held up today, with the help of being strapped to a couple of stakes, but a couple of limbs did break off on top. I'm in Chandler near Warner and McQueen and we got pounded 3 times today! Fun times!
 
wind took down one of mine a couple of weeks ago. I cut it up with the chain saw, and hauled it to the dump, but the winch on the 40 came in very handy when it came to pulling up the stump and roots. I was surprised how easily it pulled it.
 
splitshot said:
Wow!
You can tell a true desert rat by the humoristic view of wet destructive carnage..:D

Let me guess...Thornless mesquite.;)

Edit: that is an ash.
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Sisoo, there's a bunch in that lot.
They're usually pretty durable.
 
One of our employees left our downtown office around 3:30 and had this happen to her on I-10:

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Glad my 80 is in the parking deck at Sky Harbor this week!
 
mrhustle23 said:
The reason why we see so many uprooted trees and especially thornless mesquites is because they are usually constantly watered. Mesquites are very drought tolerate, they have a strong ground root that will dig down to search for water, thus giving itself a good firm grip to the earth. If it is constantly watered, that root won't develop as much and the top will over grow and then we all know the rest of the story. I have one in my back yard. The top is a bit overgrown, but I love it for the shade in the summer time. I haven't regularly watered mine on over a year. It held up today, with the help of being strapped to a couple of stakes, but a couple of limbs did break off on top. I'm in Chandler near Warner and McQueen and we got pounded 3 times today! Fun times!
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That and shallow watering. Tree should be watered seldom and deep.
 
good thing I secured a covered parking spot just in September for Michael's truck in jail :grinpimp:
 
gotmud said:
One of our employees left our downtown office around 3:30 and had this happen to her on I-10:

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Glad my 80 is in the parking deck at Sky Harbor this week!
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WOW... :eek:
 
BTW I'm listening to the National Weather Service right now... Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 1100 and a 30% chance of thunderstorms the rest of the day. We're not done people...

Edit: That's for Gila County and Navajo County. Not sure about Maricopa...

Oh and a Tornado Warning for Flagstaff :eek:

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 692
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
400 AM MST WED OCT 6 2010

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 692 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

AZC005-007-013-017-025-061800-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0692.101006T1100Z-101006T1800Z/

AZ
. ARIZONA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

COCONINO GILA MARICOPA
NAVAJO YAVAPAI
$$


ATTN...WFO...FGZ...PSR...







Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
540 AM MST WED OCT 6 2010

AZZ022>024-027-028-071300-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
540 AM MST WED OCT 6 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL
ARIZONA AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FOR MARICOPA AND
GILA COUNTIES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY...SOME MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. DENSE BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION
WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THE STRONGER STORMS ALSO HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A WEAK TORNADO. DEADLY LIGHTNING IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. THE CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL DIMINISH
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD.
 
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....DENSE BLOWING DUST....:lol::lol::lol:

I Don't see that happening.
 
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