Happened at work before I arrived: This piece of bark was driven into the dirt. In the days of wooden fighting ships and cannon, wood splinters were the primary injury mechanism. Bob Wilson
When I was quite young a read a short story compilation about various Canadian disasters. One was the Halifax harbour ammunition ship explosion. There was one recounting, after the explosion someone was itching their back, then someone had a look and there was a nice chunk of glass sticking out.
Yup. The ship's carpenter or Bo'sun used to spread sawdust on the decks so that the crew wouldn't slip on the blood in a fight.
A poplar tree was hit in my back yard about 40 from where I was watching out the window. Next morning, we saw 2 by 4 sized 8 feet long chunks that had been thrown over the house by the force and into the front yard. Sap heats and explodes.
Not after the tree removal crew arrives. One limb broke and is partially on the ground. Higher up, about 1/3d of the trunk had the bark blown off and we don't know how much of the rest was just trashed and just loosely hanging on. The tree is on commercial property and I suspect the landlord and insurance company wants any risk removed. Bob Wilson
