Tree that inspired "The Lorax" uproots self in CA

[Bob Jersey]

""Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."

In the case of a certain Monterey cypress, which Ted "Dr Seuss" Geisel could see from his nearby apartment and was epitomized as the "Truffulas," an older shot of which I found on Google Street View (the tall one)...

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8491762,-117.2751018,3a,75y,63.79h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPMnjGRkUKHv8UJ64qxaJEMeU1jML4j9ZQBnPIz!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPMnjGRkUKHv8UJ64qxaJEMeU1jML4j9ZQBnPIz%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya122.62761-ro-0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120 (link)

...the city cares, and "plans to salvage and repurpose part of the tree trunk and will also replant a replacement in the area."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-seuss-the-lorax-monterey-cypress-tree-that-inspired-book-has-fallen-over-in-la-jolla-california/ (link)

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