BBQ'ed palms...

[Silas_Sancona]

Was it Lightning, ..or something else..  We've had a few lightning - started fires in valley locations this summer, inc. one not far from the house a week ago,  so... 🤔 

Palms will live regardless,  though what plans for rescuing them when this piece of land is razed is now in question.  Oof..

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/palm-tree-farm-goes-up-flames-tolleson-it-was-spectacle

[D. Morrowii]

Yikes! They look like giant matchsticks…

[jwitt]

Kind of a natural event for washie s.

Not pretty tho!

[Harry’s Palms]

We had a palm farm here along our coastline several years ago. Several varieties growing along the coast just south of Carpenteria. There were some very large specimens that were field grown or in boxes. It was leased land between the freeway and the RR tracks. The owner bailed and abandoned the venture leaving all these palms behind . Then one of California’s largest wild fires ( Thomas Fire )that started directly behind my house and almost 30 miles from the farm burned everything. A few years later some of them started growing again. They are still there growing wild. Harry

[Darold Petty]

I purchased some really nice Clivia plants from Rincon Gardens.   

[Kim]

@Harry's Palms -- I always wondered about that bunch of palms along the freeway by the ocean, thanks for the background info. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Yea , I heard “stories “ about activities that were going on . I had gone in there from the old coast highway just to check it out . A woman showed me around a bit . From what I could see it was mostly large stuff for big projects. The info I posted on the farm was from an article in our local paper. They had some large stuff that’s for sure. They also had an office around the corner from my shop in Ventura. Harry

[Tyrone]

They would have come back and they’re just ripping them out out of the ground because “ they don’t want it to happen again” Well it won’t happen again because it burnt everything. What a waste. That area is now safe. They should have left the palms alone to come back. 

[kinzyjr]

Looks like Children of the Corn moved to the desert.

[Silas_Sancona]

27 minutes ago, kinzyjr said:

Looks like Children of the Corn moved to the desert.

That's   " Children of the Cacti   ...and Scorpions "



..There are still some Corn fields around tho.  Careful out there. 

[Silas_Sancona]

On 8/8/2024 at 5:02 PM, Silas_Sancona said:

That's   " Children of the Cacti   ...and   Scorpions "

Speaking of Scorps.  ..From the " Weird Stuff You'll only See in / near Tucson " FB page / Arizonagram Instagram page..   I give you ..Evolution in the making.. 🙃

Yes, it has two  tails.. And is  alive.. 💀

[Patrick]

Why rip everything out? Everything that was going to burn already did so.

The movie Idiocracy was actually a documentary. 

[Silas_Sancona]

On 8/8/2024 at 4:30 PM, Tyrone said:

They would have come back and they’re just ripping them out out of the ground because “ they don’t want it to happen again” Well it won’t happen again because it burnt everything. What a waste. That area is now safe. They should have left the palms alone to come back. 

 

13 hours ago, Patrick said:

Why rip everything out? Everything that was going to burn already did so.

The movie Idiocracy was actually a documentary. 

From what i'd read somewhere else, part of the reason they're scheduled for removal is for acquiring right of way land for a future freeway project,  S.R 30,  which will parallel the I -10 from S. PHX to Goodyear / far E. Buckeye  ..whenever they get it built..

As fast as this area is growing / slow to get projects moving forward,  by the time they get close to finishing it, they'll probably have to widen it.   🤷🏽‍♂️ AZ for ya..