Comments on: 3,500-Year-Old Tree Nicknamed ‘The Senator’ Burns to the Ground

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By: Brewier

Brewier — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:31:14 +0000

Smoldered for 2 weeks and no one saw the smoke. I find that difficult to believe.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:16:51 +0000

Shawn the tree probably use to be 150 a hurricane knocked a good chunk of it off years back.

By: ZF

ZF — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:51:23 +0000

That tree was something else–to stand by the deck next to it and look up toward the top, it really took your breath away. That was always one of my stops when traveling through Central Florida. If there is any kind of a silver lining, at least it burned from a lightning strike, not arson or other man-made causes. Long live Lady Liberty!! (the other big tree)

By: jason rapsis

jason rapsis — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:09:13 +0000

Not very long ago we had a natural state treasure “The Old Man of the Mountain” collapse off it’s rock base. My condolences, these are the things you expect to bring your children’s children to see, and it hurts to see them fall.

By: mendy

mendy — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:46:44 +0000

Sorry to hear this. We lost a landmark the same way here in Webster Springs WV. A few boys started the fire inside the tree.

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:54:10 +0000

3,500 years old… Rome was still a village under eutruscan domination, the Mayans were just getting their act together… and Bronze was “high tech”…

By: MyTake

MyTake — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:47:45 +0000

When asked to comment, Police Chief Clancy Wiggum commented, “Such a shame. That tree was only two days from retirement.” While it is a pity, the article stated that it was due to a natural event that has happened and will happen many times. Try as we might we can’t save everything in nature from nature, and typically do more harm than good by doing so.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:29:56 +0000

Why does the text say 118′ tall and the audio say “over 150′ tall?” Why do so many news stories not even mesh from the source let alone mesh with reality?

By: Henry Chinaski

Henry Chinaski — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:10:54 +0000

If you want to follow the money, this leads directly back to Rick Scott. If you noticed, they said it was arson for the first 14 hours, then conveniently “ruled it out” just as government officials walked in. He should be ashamed of himself if that is the case.