re: Harvey Updyke update.... and tree update

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HailToTheChiz

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They rolled the power lines and lamp posts. The trees were off limits because students would set fire to the toilet paper. Actual rolling of the trees began in 1989 after the UA game.

One of AU's horticulture professors wrote a really informative piece on the trees in 2007. You should google it....

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False.

If they knew the students would set the paper on fire, that means they would have rolled it earlier.

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True. Read the story. This was published in 2007 and the tree doctor in charge of the oaks says the trees were dying.

Also talks about how the light poles at the intersection were rolled.

1989 may have marked the move from rolling the traffic lights to rolling the trees. You could say, "blame it on Bama." In 1989, the Ironbowl game was first played in Auburn and the Tigers beat Alabama. The fans could not be contained and the trees got rolled.

Too Late for Toomer's Trees