Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:21:01 -0400
From: Dan McCarty
Subject: dead trees at Jordan Lake?
> I’ve never seen this before in all my 19 years here….not when there was
> drought and the pond bed was dry, and not when the many other years the
> trees had water extending up the boles. Also, on those 2 huge segments of
> Jordan Lake prior to the boomerang-pond, I didn’t see any other trees
> dead. That says to me that the polluted lake waters are not the same as
> the pond waters.
> As to the cause of this, “natural” causes don’t emerge to mind, because
> natural causes are very selective…leaving some trees standing where all
> the rest around them are dead, etc. And furthermore, why just those first
> 3 or so tiers and none of the trees behind them being affected?
> Question – does anyone know who or what has caused the death of those
> specific trees? And why?
Yes, the poison was….
H2O.
The area in question has been flooded for at least a year or so, I assume due to a blockage of the culvert running under US 64. The state and/or Feds pumped out the water a few weeks ago and lowered the water level that killed the trees.
Later,
Dan