I'm sorry I didn't read this till the morning of 4/3, I'm almost always
days behind in reading.  I really did wonder about all those loud
explosions I kept hearing on Friday, this explains it.  I assume they are
caused by my brother not sugaring this year--he has gone on a Carribean
cruise instead.  New wife takes more maintenance than the wife of 20 some
years did.  Ruth



At 6:00 PM -0500 4/1/05, Met History wrote:
considered" (NPR) end of the hour, may be repeated at 6:50 or you can pick
it up on the webcast...

subject:  emergency conditions in Green Mountains because of drop in maple
syrup consumption has reduced harvesting sap, leading to deadly explosions
of maple trees, which can "be heard 20 miles away".     complete with
interviews with bereaved "a-yuh" natives, "vintage recordings" of 1930's
explosions, the "Vermont Maple Museum" which collects recordings of
schoolchildren being instructed by rhyme ".... the trees will die, and blow
their brains into the sky", etc.

drop in real maple syrup production caused by imitation syrup imported from
"Vanabos", in the south pacific, made under slave labor conditions.

"produced with the assistance of the "American Council on Tree Bark" "

c

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