{"id":219,"date":"2009-02-11T23:22:49","date_gmt":"2009-02-11T23:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2009\/02\/11\/on_lumberjacks\/"},"modified":"2009-02-11T23:22:49","modified_gmt":"2009-02-11T23:22:49","slug":"on_lumberjacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2009\/02\/11\/on_lumberjacks\/","title":{"rendered":"On lumberjacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve had some storms in Sydney. Rain<\/em> storms, that is: the fire storms are a thousand miles thataway<\/a>, in a different state (having said that, I stood outside last Friday night and could smell a bushfire somewhere to the west. But there are no trees between us and the Blue Mountains, so I wasn’t too worried).<\/p>\n

\nSo, this rain. It’s knocked over some trees:<\/p>\n

\nDue to recent tree collapses within the vicinity of Oval No 1 and No 2 on the Camperdown Campus, an assessment of all trees within the area was completed by an independent arborist. The assessment found that many trees have reached or gone beyond their lifecycle and recommended removal of these trees due to the safety hazard they pose to staff, students and visitors to campus.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nThe Cardinal<\/a> asks<\/p>\n

\nHow does a tree “go beyond its lifecycle”… life after death??\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nAny normal<\/em> person would have said ‘the trees are old and are dead’. But I guess if you can talk that clearly you don’t get paid to be a tree consultant (sorry, ‘independent arborist’). Anyway, the email from the University continues,<\/p>\n

\nAs a result, we will be replacing a number of trees in this area with
\nthe most significant impact around Oval No 2 where most of the current
\ntrees need to be replaced. The Southern Blue Gums which are creating a
\nsafety hazard, will be replaced with mature Angophoras which, as native
\ntrees, will be more conducive to the locale and environment.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nand I’m not even going to attempt to go there. I’ve still got a headache from editing Openlab ’08<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nBut, if you want to see a real, life, independent arborist, nip along to No 2 Oval entrance,
\nWestern Avenue, Camperdown, tomorrow at 0930 (EDT) where there will be
\nan open information session to give you the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the removal procedure<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\nWhich I can probably summarize as,<\/p>\n

\n“We’re going to cut down the trees. Any questions?”<\/p>\n

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