Venkatesh Rao@vgrBest TIL... why is this? Evolution saying 'screw this, it's too hard'?Quote Tweet@mpesce@arvr.social@mpesce·Oct 7, 2016Recent research quoted in SciAM shows trees - no matter what their girth or density - snap in >94 mph winds. Reliably. #Matthew1:10 AM · Oct 7, 20161 Retweet5 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 7, 2016Replying to @jamesmcn @kylemathews and 2 othersmakes sense... 95mph winds will quickly fall to far lower levels in heavier growth
@mpesce@arvr.social@mpesce·Oct 7, 2016Replying to @vgrRoughly, yeah. Otoh, the lower bush does fine so, you know, survival of the fittest.1
vijay@vjk2005·Oct 7, 2016Replying to @vgrhttps://scientificamerican.com/article/do-all-trees-snap-at-about-94-mph/…24