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Hurricane Ian's amazing talent

PalmatierMeg
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I never realized and I'm sure you didn't either, but despite its brutal ferocity, Hurricane Ian had an amazing artistic talent: macrame! Hurricane Ian could tie palm fronds into knots. See proof below.

Pritchardia pacifica, Cape Coral, 2022

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Unknown Subject, Cape Coral, 2022

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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    Contortionist palms?

    I'm glad you are able to find some humor in the aftermath.

    Kim Cyr

    Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
    and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
    All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

    I’m so glad you post something. I know you were in not the best place to ride out the storm. My prayers are with all the coastal people who had major destruction 

    That's amazing and could only imagine the torsional force and the abrupt change of directions of hurricane winds or even those micro tornadoes inside a hurricane to get something to knot up like this.

    Saw some pictures of aluminum gutters got twisted by Ian into what would remind me of a candy cane. 

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    16 hours ago, Kim said:

    Contortionist palms?

    I'm glad you are able to find some humor in the aftermath.

    Thanks, Kim. Humor and despair are closer than most people think.

    Meg

    Palms of Victory I shall wear

    Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
    Florida
    Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
    Elevation: 15 feet

    I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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