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Died at the age of $969.00 spring chicken compared to some of earths plants. a great basin bristlecone pine in california named after the patriarch as long as lived over 4800 years old to salute is the oldest tree in the world. even if it doesnt look at this through since sweden is by some measures older than methuselah the visible trunk of old chico is a fairly young current the successor to many others that have sprouted from an ancient root system d.n.a. analysis has shown that its over 9 and...

Rodents chew up wetlands at otherwise would protect coast from major storms. well now a dog food company is hoping it can help the state avoid an ecological disaster. charles explains. >> justin hunting alligators today little attention is being paid to the giant reptile. >> and instead focus on orange toothed swamp rat chewing away at louisianas coastline. >> it is a major, nuisance. environment here in marsh land of south louisiana is perfect for it to thrive they feed off the vegetation, and ...

>> it is a major, nuisance. environment here in marsh land of south louisiana is perfect for it to thrive they feed off the vegetation, and the roots system along edges and once their root system is gone thats a big problem for coastal, louisiana. with more than 16,000 ache percent damaged in 2018 states coastline is becoming increasingly vulnerability to major storms let alone a category one hurricane like barry earlier this summer. >> youll see all piece of marsh with trees all over it. a mile...

Power poles start to go the other way and that could really cause problems as far as electricity goes. if youre trying to cross over bridges, even across interstate 10 we had gusts going over 70 miles an hour so trucks were forced to stay on either one side or the other of the bridge so hoe gilogistics have come tot as we get into the early morning hours. >> is the sun starting to come up there and what are you seeing, if so? >> the sun has not started to come up yesterday. thankful there is pow...

This is a 2.5-foot diameter tree. you can see the root system. it all blew down as the winds shifted from the east going west to the south going north. it was a very rough hellacious day. we stood in it for most of the day yesterday, was driving winds, rain, driving paneling that never seem to stop. 30 hours at the southeast coast endured of hurricane irma. nobody was on this, the people who did not evacuate, hiding the other hotels and homes. plenty of neighborhoods still dealing with the effec...

These trees, these structures have been taking it for hours and we are seeing them start to give way. there were more of them not so long ago and a lot of them, you can see, theyre going to be particularly vulnerable. the concern is, where do they go? when these trees start to come, with these gusts that are increasing where do they go? what windows do they hit? what structure doss they hit? what does it do to power, and what does the soaking storm surge do? all right. get back inside, dave. wha...

Wall structure. web the eye wall has the winds very intense right around it. the further you go away from it, the intense wind gusts start to step down just a bit. further north there. you have these bands. as we were seeing earlier with stephanie and her live shot, things will get quiet for a little while, then another band will come in. you get the flag flapping there. you can get wind gusts 50 to 60 miles per hour, and the rain is pouring, and it looseness up the root system of the trees. as ...