Another Casualty - The Trees

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Another Casualty - The Trees

#1 Postby jasons2k » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:07 pm

This may seem trivial at this point but...

Plants drown too. Live Oaks can only be submerged for a couple of days before the tree "drowns" and dies.

Sadly, the stately Live Oaks throughout N.O. will die along with any other vegetation that survived the wind.
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#2 Postby gatorcane » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:08 pm

This may seem trivial at this point but...

Plants drown too. Live Oaks can only be submerged for a couple of days before the tree "drowns" and dies.

Sadly, the stately Live Oaks throughout N.O. will die along with any other vegetation that survived the wind.


Excellent point. Most of these trees will soon give the city a brown appearance as they will be dying shortly :eek:
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#3 Postby gilbert88 » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:09 pm

The lack of vegetation also increases the risk of flooding, right? At least that's what happens in Haiti... which is mountainous... I don't know if it has the same effects on flat land.
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#4 Postby PTrackerLA » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:10 pm

I had not even thought about that, so sad. New Orleans will never be the same :cry: .
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#5 Postby Canelaw99 » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:11 pm

gilbert88 wrote:The lack of vegetation also increases the risk of flooding, right? At least that's what happens in Haiti... which is mountainous... I don't know if it has some kind of effect on flat land.


Yes it does. We have a ton of trees down all over the Miami area and are having increased risks of floods due to our afternoon storms here now.
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#6 Postby LSU2001 » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:29 pm

most of the water in NOLA is salt. When the water leaves, the ground will be basically sterile from the salt concentration. Most if not all of the vegetation will die from the salt water.
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#7 Postby tallywx » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:37 pm

Since New Orleans was reclaimed swamp/salt water turned land to begin with, how did they make the soil "fertile" for tree growth in the first place?
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