from The Fate of the Butterfly
“Here is some of the carnage from the storm. The workers told me they heard there had been a tornado, which is the same thing everyone was saying last weekend in Frenchtown when the huge trees collapsed. Mind you, no one actually saw any such tornado, and my guess is that is it alleged because nobody can imagine so much tree damage absent that sort of extreme wind.
They don’t realize how weak the trees already are. Soon, if you look at them cross-eyed, they will crumple.”
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This video was on the Huffington Post, and followed by these intriguing comments:
“There was hail in my suburban NJ town yesterday and that was crazy, so this is true. Something very serious is going on and it’s scary. Trees were down all over the place.”
“It’s the end of the world as we know it.”
“I feel the same way, everything is dying, even mature trees here in Houston.”
We respond:
Thank you for your insight.
We have been studying the trees in Pennsylvania for several years. Many are beyond weak… they are dead.
Though we can not obtain a scientific consensus, evidence is pointing to ozone. (see Foliage Spoilage & the Trees’ Canopy Collapse )
If you, or your readers, can provide more information, it would be greatly appreciated.