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Figure out a way to ask you about tree branches. were there any big tree branches that you knew in the vicinity of where this happened that were on the ground that could have been used as a club? no. you have tree trunks but there are no tree branches that i could see. that is why when i first answered the question i said there were no tree branches. for mr. zimmerman to have received those lacerations on the back of his head because of impact with a tree trunk what would have had to have happened if in fact that were possible? he would practically have to be upright sitting because you would have to hit the trunk. you would have to go back violently against the trunk on two occasions. so it would still be blunt trauma to the back of the head ....
ashwood has just got a wonderful weight-to-strength ratio. it might not be the most dense wood, but it gives a wonderful sweet spot, a great sound. ( baseball bat striking ball ) reporter: but that sound is in jeopardy because of this: the emerald ash bore. the half-inch-long insects kill every tree they infest within two years by tunneling into the bark and starving it to death. are you concerned about this? we have been greatly concerned about it. there s absolutely no doubt about it. reporter: over 50 million ash trees in the u.s. have died since the beetle arrived in 2002. they came aboard asian cargo ships and are now found in 20 states including pennsylvania, where louisville slugger buys the wood for the bats they make. are you stockpiling the wood? are people cutting them down in larger numbers now before they actually get infested? i won t call it a panic, but we ve seen this situation where land owners are trying to get their value out of the timber ....
Trees in a five-mile path through this suburban area. i saw the water twirling in the street. we heard a big bang and the limbs went down. all the trees, the house was shaking. i heard there was a thunderstorm like usual. i woke up and came downstairs. this big tree was in my backyard. it led to flooding in the garden state. look at this. rain falling so fast. cars stranded on highways in new jersey. within hours, the water receded. it was crazy weather yesterday. indra petersons is tracking it for us. more coming? yeah. that s it, right? put it on paper. we are talking the same pattern. look at the heavy rainfall we saw yesterday. we are talking four inch ofs rain from the midwest to the northeast, stretching down to the southeast. it really is not going to be changeable. we look at where is the high pressure? you can see the water vapor. all this moisture creeping up ....
Arboretum in short hills, new jersey are, getting their first glimpse at one of the marvels of nature. i see a lot of holes. oh, you found one! they re disgusting! reporter: like clockwork, the cicadas, who belong to what scientists call brood 2, are digging their way out. so this is a cicada hole and there is a cicada nynph. he has studied the life cycle of cicadas for 20 years. they synchronize their development, and they have long life cycles and when they come out they come out in massive numbers. reporter: what is triggering that? well, they are counting the seasons because they are down underground feeding on the roots and count the number of times it leaves out, and they monitor soil temperature and when it hits 64 degrees fahrenheit out they come. the eastern united states an estimated 1 million cicadas per ....
To chicken, pork, fish and beef. the report says they re a sustainable source of protein. we should quickly add while bugs are not for everyone, insects are already in the diet of an estimated 2 billion people worldwide and components are used in things already like food coloring. and finally, it s certainly ruined now. a construction crew in belize needed crushed rock for a road project, so they clawed away at an ancient mayan pyramid, 2,300 years old. they dug away at it with backhoes. a local archaeologist called it ignorance, insensitivity, laziness, said it was like being punched in the stomach. when we come back, the remarkable scene today along the jersey shore. ....