first I don't see what this has to do with exploding trees. ladder fuel? I'm suspecting you could be an arsonist
"Ladder Fuels" are defined as piles of dry or highloy flammable brush and debris wich allows a normal healthy wildland fir to climb into the crown of the mature trees, which NO tree can survive. crown fires are also far more deadly and difficult to contain or extinguish. This phenomenon ius a result of the previous firefighting dogma of extinguishing every fire as rapidly as possible, thus preventing the natural processes from clearing the brush and fallen branches which normally do not build up, being consumed by the normal fire cycle. the extensive ladder Fuel Issue in national forests in the west (of the US, nobody cares if ausfailia burns) resulted in a massive campaign to manually clear that brush, when the Forest Service adopted the policy to let most fires run their course if no persons of structures were in danger.
second I never said they were not. but yes pines and eucalyptus reproduce after fire. maples I am unaware how they are well suited to survive fire but I do enjoy learning so please explain..
established trees are rarely killed by fires if the fire does not reach the crown, immature trees of any species will die in most fires, and many species have adapted to the natural fire cyle of burning and regrowth as a part of their normal reproduction, but some trees, like maples which produce light seed packets designed to be carried on the wind are not one of these. maple seeds die readily in even short duration grassfires, as thye have no thick protective coating and do not bury themselves deeply in the sheltering soil.
third so the pine sap can cause a tree to 'explode' but not eucalypt oil? care to explain how? just because you spent 10 years on the fire lines (probably as an arsonist) doesnt mean you have seen everything that could possibly happen..
again, i have never heard of this happening in california, with eucalyptus, but you may be unaware, eucalyptus trees are not native to america. there are no great forests of eucalyptus which could be subject to such fires, and thus i would never have seen this phenomenon. i have seen this with pine trees, but again, only in Crown Fires.
''In Australia, the native eucalyptus trees are also known to explode during bush fires due to the high flammability of vaporised eucalyptus oil produced by the tree naturally''
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_tree
The eucalyptus oil in a eucalyptus tree can reach excessive temperatures, literally exploding the crown of the tree, sending sparks flying. Other trees do not explode like this.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_eucalyptus_trees_help_bushfires_spread
lol. wikipedia.
wiki-how, Double Lol! "literally exploding" ha ha ha! even creosote bushes (named because they are FULL OF HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE CREOSOTE!!!) do not "literally explode" but they do go up quite spectacularly when exposed to even the rumour of combustion, but there is no shockwave, no energetic reaction beyond normal combustion, and they are not actually exploding. as far as
"other trees do not explode like this" THEY dont explode as described, and NO TREE DOES. a pine or cedar (and presumably eucalyptus since they too have combustible sap but i have never seen it or even heard from anyone one who has) can reach temperatures in a Crown Fire which can cause the tree's sap to boil and burst the tree, releasing the combustible sap in a fiery conflagration, but even this is not a "literal explosion".
fourth ok thanks. do you mean like literally, literally?
Literary is not Literal. the two words are similar but have very different meanings.
Lit: dealing with the written word, eg; books.
Literary: describing the techniques and art of writing, in this context describing a phrase used in a colourful exxageration, not a strictly factual description.
Literal: strictly factual. that which is "Literal" is actually true, not a point of view or a figure of speech. learn the difference.
just curious how hot was it the day you're eucalypt exploded not literally?
the eucalyptus burst after a string of ~110 degree days, i heard a dull POP and the tree's major limbs were lying on the ground and the main trunk was split open like an overcooked sausage, steaming in the cool of the evening.
is that you're final diagnosis Dr Kunt?
it's a pretty good bet, since you clearly id not get the whole "burst like an overheated Hot Pocket" thing. i cannonly assume you got to "tree exploded" and your overactive imagination filled in a vision of a hollywood style firey explosion which can only be survived by the protagonist, leaping in the direction of the shockwave's travel, or the sort of detonation one might expect from a '74 Pinto in a rear end collision. even the lest attentive reader would have reached the next sentence where the event was described as a low energy bursting, not a nuclear holocaust, so one would suspect that you were not taking your adderall.
also.. ausfailure?.. where exactly are we failing.. we are all like what global financial crisis? you're grandchildren will probably be fleeing to ''ausfailure'' as refugees to escape what a fucked up place the US is becoming.. and probably they're knob head grandfather aswell
stingrays dont kill our beloved TV icons, and our beloved TV icons rarely dandle their babies over the mouths of hungry crocodiles (or even aligators), our popstars dont generally hang themselves in hotel closets while jerking off (thats for action TV stars only) and our nation is not overrun by delicious herbivores, because we would have shot em, skinned em, and grilled em long before they became a menace to agriculture.
we have a few poisonous snakes, a few poisonous spiders and a few pesky insects, but only in australia does snakestrike, spider bite, jellyfish sting, stingray barb, shark snacking, crocodile attack, and getting nommed by dingoes reach the level to threaten the viability of the population. it's like youre living on an alien planet, and the natives are not friendly. i expect the next evolution in australian death by misadventure will be getting eaten by rampaging dinosaurs, or being carried away in the talons of the mythical Roc.
plus our navy doesnt shoot at boat people, we rescue them and bring them here, so i guess your country has at least one thing going for it.