IT IS MOTHER NATURE'S WISH tanay On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:48 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Trees uprooted: A glimpse into nature’s fury > > > > During one of my birding trips in the village outskirts of Mysore, I found > this time, many trees fallen down at different places. Some of them were > veritable landmarks – it was here that I stopped each time to check for > birds, fruits and flowers. Initially I attributed the fallen state of the > trees to the the callous tobacco merchants or the villagers. But one of the > farmers told me, much to my disbelief, that it was the handiwork of the > fierce winds that had blown across this region a week ago. I have been > observing for more than a decade that the Mysore/ Bangalore region does not > have a prolonged summer and it always rains in the months of April and May, > rains that bring great relief from the heat and add a dash of greenery, > besides cooling the earth. > > > > After three days, the account given by the farmer was verified. One night > at 9 pm, we witnessed signs of fierce wind accompanied by lightning and > thunder. The trees swirled left and right as if a demonic force was > manipulating their actions. Fearing for our safety, we got back to our > house. Soon, the winds weakened and it rained later for about an hour. The > rains, however, did not match the winds in intensity. The next day morning I > could see that many of the trees that had sported new leaves had fallen down > – some with broken branches and some uprooted. To name a few of them - > > > Jagalganti - Diospyros montana > > Banni -Acacia ferruginea > > Road Baage - Albizia lebbek > > Bili jala - Acacia leucophobia > > Areca > > Neem > > Plantain > > Sampige - Champak > > Subabul, > > Tapsa - Holoptelia integrifolia > > Coconut. > > Kalli gida > > ..... > > > One thing I noticed was that most of the trees were young, probably in the > age group of 2-15 years. The old trees had remained intact. In cities like > Bangalore, normally the old trees fall victims to such storms. Some of the > farmers working in the fields exclaimed that they had never been witness > even in the last 60 years, to nature’s fury as borne by the incident a > couple of days ago. > > > > Regards > > Raghu > > > Villages: Chandagal, Cheeranahalli, Mullur, Jabgere, Moodlukoppal, > Gavadagere > > K R Nagar Taluq, Mysore district > > Date: 11 May 2010 > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
