[Assam] If a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody around .......

[Chan Mahanta]

For a moment I thought this was another gosot goru utha kotha, fit 
for an adha-khunda desi engineer to  tell us about. Then I saw your 
note that it is all a spoof. Whew! That was close.








At 6:46 PM -0700 8/27/06, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
>I hope you all like this, in view of all the trees falling in the 
>neighborhood and our not hearing a sound. Mind you it's a spoof.
>Dilip
>================================================================
>If a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody around
>does it make a sound?
>YES!--- but it's not quite what you might think.
>  Scientists have been dealing with the problem of natural tree falls 
>(and the sound they make--or don't make) for quite some time and 
>have drawn some rather surprising conclusions.
>If a tree falls and there is a person around the sound is easily recognized.
>If a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody nearby, the sound 
>that it makes is very different and often not recognized as the 
>sound of a tree falling.
>Either way, there is a sound.
>
>Even though plants do not show any changes to the naked (or lensed) 
>eye, when a human is in their presence systemic biological changes 
>have been discovered that have grave effects on plant life when a 
>person is within 300 meters.  This effect is called "human stress 
>syndrome".
>Apparently, when a tree is about to fall, if it senses a human 
>nearby the biological stresses of human presence cause the cell 
>walls in the plant to become brittle and it is the cell brittleness 
>responsible for the familiar sound we know as that of a tree fall. 
>The cell brittleness also has significant effects to the quality of 
>the lumber, making it much more suitable for use in construction 
>(see below).
>Through the miracle of recording tape, we are able to provide a 
>sound recording of an actual tree falling without human presence.
><http://www.getodd.com/stuf/treesound1.wav>CLICK HERE to hear what a 
>tree falling in the forest when there is nobody around to hear it 
>sounds like.
>Ultraviolet gas emitted by human stressed trees
>
>
>All trees, except the Ohio Buckeye tree, when in the presence of 
>humans, emit a faint cloud of ultraviolet gasses.  These UV gasses 
>are visible when filmed with a special camera and are convincing 
>proof of tree stress when humans are present.
>The photos at left show the various amounts of UV gasses being 
>emitted as a human walks nearby. Lumberjacks are familiar with this 
>and know that it suggests that the tree they are working with will 
>yield good useable wood.
>Should you be walking in a forest and happen to see this type of 
>gaseous emanation from a nearby tree, you should take cover 
>immediately-- as the tree may fall on you!
>
>Lumber Effects of "Human Stress Syndrome"
>Building codes throughout the US require that all lumber used in 
>construction be obtained from properly human-stressed trees.  There 
>is good reason for this.
>  Lumber from trees that fell without the human stress factor are 
>known to fail prematurely and have numerous imperfections.  The 
>photo at left is of a structure built (only three years ago) out of 
>lumber that was found on the forest floor.  
>
>It is easy for the casual observer to discover the difference 
>between human-stressed  lumber and naturally occurring fallen tree 
>lumber. 
>
>  On a visit to your local lumberyard you will note that the coloring 
>of the wood is relatively uniform and that the grain lines are 
>clearly visible.  The wood is also hard to the touch and dry.  Some 
>species of human-stressed trees create lumber with a greenish color 
>(often referred to as "green lumber").
>
>Compare the lumberyard human-stressed tree wood with that you find 
>lying about on the floor of a nearby forest. 
>
>  The non-human-stressed wood (naturally falling tree lumber) is 
>almost always rather soft and wet.  In many cases you will find 
>splotches of various colors and sections of the wood that appear 
>more like a sponge (one of the best sources of natural sponge is 
>from fallen trees).  If you try to build a structure out of this 
>wood, you are in for a bad surprise when your building soon 
>collapses.
>
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