"Jim Redelfs" wrote in message
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In article ,
"PrecisionMechanical" wrote:

Convince me that there exists a viable and CONVENIENT way to
keep out cottonwood tree "cotton" and I'll consider it.

Chainsaw......

Hehehe! Nice try but NO cigar, Slick.

I specified (and emphasized) "convenient".

An army of chain-saw-wielding maniacs, given a few months, might make a
minor
DENT in the cottonwood tree population nearby, but not enough to help free
my
A.C. fins from clogging.

Cottonwood is indigenous to this area. Those that live to be 150-years
old
grow HUGE enough that professionals use a CRANE to fell them. It is the
unfortunate property owner indeed that must pay THOUSANDS of $$ to have a
big
one removed. Most are on public property, along creek beds and floodways.

Every few years, when there is a particularly big "cotton" release, it can
appear as though it has SNOWED - in July.


Actually, I'm located in the columbia river basin, and so there's quite a
few em here too..but for some reason, they really don't present much of a
problem with our heat pumps.

Maybe its the high humidity causes them to deteriorate rapidly or something.

shrug

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SVL