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[Phage]

 

Fire department orders us remove brush for 50 foot around your house. We live on a very steep canyon and that brush is what keeps the hill side together (and the house from toppling down into the canyon). We try to grow ice plant with is not very flammable.  

I think if it is a fire risk you have to obey. There is some sense to it. A few years ago when we had to evacuate, the fires came to within less than a mile of the house, and took many neighborhoods with it.

DYK that I live just slightly north of you? Luckily the houses here are built on hills rather than the canyons near you. We used to have tons of ice plant (essential on a slopped property) but we got so dry a couple years back that it killed most of it off. I remember joking at the time, that you know its dry when even the ice plant is dead. I really miss it, especially after the 3weeks of rain we just had.

 


The fire department can make you trim a tree??? Really?

Why?  DYK I do not understand this. it's your tree, your yard and your house...


I could understand the insurance company saying you need to trim or cut a tree, but not the fire department.  I guess I am too libertarian or anarchist to make sense of this. 

I guess the issue is that the tree is hanging over the road & the new fire trucks with the ladders on top can't get to the houses behind me incase of emergency. DYK that fire is a major issue down here for most of the year. I'm all about being fire code compliant, but the financial aspect of getting this tree trimmed is gonna be severe. DYK this tree is a behemoth Ficus? Probably 50ft tall & nearly as wide. Most of the branches just by themselves are as thick & as long as trees.

We just took down 8 trees. Mostly Palm, but coral and pine too. They were doing damage, except the palm that were so tall. I know the palm are not meant to fall over but after all the rain and then winds and rain we were pretty happy they were gone. We have just one more tree (pepper tree) that is at risk to falling on a neighbours house. It is on a boundary line so trickier.
I get that it is expensive to take down the trees but could not believe how much they wanted to take the logs away (about the same again), so listed the logs on Craigslist and it got taken away for free AND it did not go to landfill e

 

[BullChick]

DYK that people are in Punxsutawney now, trying to be sure they can see Phil tomorrow?

 

[duluthralphie]

DYK that people are in Punxsutawney now, trying to be sure they can see Phil tomorrow?

Why would they want to see Phil when he is such a sloppy dresser.

 

[BullChick]

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Did you know I think they may have given me real coffee instead of decaf this morning at Starbucks?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Did you know I think they may have given me real coffee instead of decaf this morning at Starbucks?

thats not good

 

[duluthralphie]

Did you know I think they may have given me real coffee instead of decaf this morning at Starbucks?

That's one of the thousands of reason I don't do Starnucks...You never know what they are giving you, what is in that coffee and who touched that cup...in addition what diseases those other in line might have....

Being a recluse is so much safer...

 

[Bantambird]

I thought ficus were houseplants! They are real trees?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I thought ficus were houseplants! They are real trees?

real trees and super cool!

 

[Lucky Lemon]

That's one of the thousands of reason I don't do Starnucks...You never know what they are giving you, what is in that coffee and who touched that cup...in addition what diseases those other in line might have....

Being a recluse is so much safer...

Mine is usually made by the time I get in the building (they see me walking over from my office), which is awesome, but I kind of prefer sitting and watching the barista make it.