Havasu Doug

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North Padre Island, Texas
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Posted: Dec. 22 2003,9:42 pm |
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There's a story about this tree falling over too. I was planted long ago before that area was developed. While I worked for Lucky Stores, they ran a supermarket on that property. They wanted to expand the store, but the tree was in the way. The tree made it to some sort of historic tree list which prevented it from being cut down. The amount for the insurance policy to cover the moving of the tree was too much for them so they didn't renew the lease on the building. Ralph's moved in and moved the tree a few dozen yards to build a bigger store. They tree was heavily guyed, but it fell over anyway during a Santa Ana wind.
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