Trees uprooted: A glimpse into nature’s fury
raghu ananth
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
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Perhaps we need to consider sturdiness also as a factor while suggesting avenue tres for urban environments.
Anand Kumar Bhatt
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Many trees are easily uprooted or fall apart - Kubabul, Gul Mohur, Spathodea, Eucalyptus, Glyricidia are the ones that uproot most commonly on our campus. Of course road-widening also uproots even a Peepul or Rain Tree or Cassia spectabilis.
Perhaps we need to consider sturdiness also as a factor while suggesting avenue tres for urban environments.
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