Yes, one would hope that an entire tree would give enough warning. Just enough memories of having to chip my door open to be happy in Florida. I once saw a fellow who was cutting a tree that he had forgotten to tell which way he wanted it to fall. He ran from safety to under the tree and back to safety before it was down. Think he was part squirrel. The 18" diameter limb that came down in my yard didn't give enough warning to jump. Surprising to me, it was a 'clean' break rather than a crack and bend. The entire limb hit the ground at almost the same angle it was when attached to the tree. Quite a thing to experience from the safety of my house, since it went down on the yard side of the tree. Didn't do my camellias or fence much good though. BillR
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Levi Smith Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 2:03 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands Maybe, maybe not. After living through a major ice storm in Canton, NY maybe 7 or so years ago, I didn't like having trees as near the house. Didn't think anything of it until I got up in the middle of the night and noticed my car had part of a tree laying on it and thought I'd go move it. Well, I stepped outside and all I heard was a continuous cracking from somewhere as there were constant limbs and trees falling. Made me question whether I really wanted to walk out from under the roof. Of course, that wasn't as impressive as looking out the back window at some of our trees and saying "something's moving"... (Not quite comprehending what I was looking at since it was large and slow). Then a rather huge tree decended into and more or less covering the entire back yard. It had enough branches sticking out far enough that it sat horizontally about 6 feet in the air which was about the height of the window we were looking out of. I would certainly NEVER think I would have time to get out of underneat a car that was in the process of falling... Levi (: On 5/23/06, BillR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And almost unbelievably quick. Always thought a person should be able > to get out from under a large limb they heard cracking. Fortunately I > was not standing under the tree, because by the time I looked up this > massive tree limb was hitting the ground. That is a law that is > always enforced down here. > BillR > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:05 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands > > Gravity - not just a good idea, it's the law. > > Sunil Hari > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1992 300D - 278Kmi > 513.205.7474 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Bob Rentfro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subj: Re: [MBZ] Jacks and jackstands > Date: Tue May 23, 2006 11:33 am > Size: 480 bytes > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hendrik cautioned us: > > "Be careful and think it through carefully, cars tend to come down > quicker than what they went up." > > Gravity ALWAYS wins. > > Bob Rentfro > '77 300D 153K > Litchfield Park, AZ > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
