On 06/16/2013 08:05 AM, Gary Heston wrote:

In article ,
pongespob wrote:
As far as the scrap material from the structures that were trashed,
what else was going to be done with them? I assume *someone* was
eventually going to collect it and profit from it. So you're only
happy if some state-sanctioned vultures get their hands on it?

Locally (north Alabama) storm debris get hauled to landfills. There's
not even any attempt to salvage trees for lumber, firewood, or pulp. One of my
co-workers home was hit in April 2011; he had a 4' diameter red oak tree
blown down that was sawed into "small" pieces and dumped. As he is a
woodworker, it bothered him to see it go to waste.

Crying shame.

In December 2011 the 100+mph winds blew down thousands of trees and tree
parts, mostly street tree. The ironic thing is that the residents
aren't permitted to trim the street trees and the City can't afford to
do a proper trimming job more frequently than SUPPOSEDLY every five
years. They spent all the money on pretty street lights and fancy
paving in the downtown crosswalks.

It took months for the City to clear up the mess, and there are still
tree stumps still partially in the ground, but they can clear Colorado
Blvd. within hours after the Rose Parade.

Now instead of actually repairing the heaved sidewalks, they just put in
some blacktop to make a smooth transition between blocks -- sometimes as
much as an 8-inch difference in height.

It's not only the Feds that are incompetent or corrupt...


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