UNH Loraxing it up

A reader email from last night tipped me off about something on campus that I found quite amusing. As we all know the wind storm caused some major damage around campus. The majority of this damage was from trees that had fallen or snapped in half. Out in front of Thompson Hall there used to be two pine trees, one of either side of the patio with the flagpole, as seen below. Well, during the storm one of the trees snapped in half towards the top. If you saw it, it was pretty goofy looking.

Old picture, notice the two smaller pine trees to the sides of the stairs in front of the flagpole. 

From this morning, no more pine trees.

If you're gonna cut them down, at least pull the stumps.

As you can see both of the pine trees are now gone. This is because the grounds crew cut down both trees to keep the symmetry. Now, I am not a super green-environmentalist-advocate, nor do I drive a Hummer, but I think it is kind of funny that the other healthy tree was cut down too. Didn't the grounds crew read (or watch) the Lorax as a child? We need the trees! You see, my friends, trees are the answer.

Stay classy, not UMassy.

Storm Aftermath

Here are a couple of the pictures I took yesterday. I didn't get out until after the clean-up crews had made their rounds, so the full damage from the storm doesn't seem as bad as it was. (Click photos to enlarge.)

        

Behind the MUB

Bridge behind the MUB

Tree down next to Philbrook

Uprooted tree by Philbrook

Damage to Hubbard after hit by tree. 

Stay classy, not UMassy