Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Power lines Date: 17 Sep 2026 20:00:54 GMT Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <3iYkS.50890$Lg4.47271@fx05.iad> <1176ffm$1o1ba$18@dont-email.me> <1177552$226dr$4@dont-email.me> <1178u0l$2mjch$7@dont-email.me> <4TqdnVvsstLLcQX3nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <118eus3$3niji$1@dont-email.me> <118gp6c$a423$10@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net tMp9GOMZ8NJPU2629JNf9gvmYLto/h6qiCHEdY5SPOMjRlhjaw Cancel-Lock: sha1:4NEtKqhM77FixCepk6QubazfGZM= sha256:IsaDzOJxHZwfoNhyfQIW9jgd5RqJp2GfDTyugHZQMek= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:91662 On Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:15:56 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 16/09/2026 21:40, Rich wrote: >> In comp.os.linux.misc c186282 wrote: >>> >>> There's a REASON it's the "tree-line" ... because everything above >>> gets BLASTED TO SPLINTERS by the lightning storms. >> >> Just how messed up *are* you in the head? >> > Pretty seriously it seems. Been watching too many 'Thor' movies. > > >> It is the tree line because of temperature (too low) and rain levels >> (too little) that trees can't grow above that point. >> > Cant be rain levels. Mountain slopes are wet all thee way up on the > windward side Around here the higher peaks are snow covered from late September until June. There is quite a bit of low, brushy vegetation about timberline, assuming there is soil, but the growing season is too short for trees. At the transition zone you get some interesting Krummholz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krummholz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montane_ecosystem It's quite interesting. I've been in subalpine zones at a little over 4000' in Vermont, and over 9000' in Montana. Latitude doesn't play too much of a part. I've encountered similar vegetation on Chiricahua Peak (9773') that is almost on the Mexican border in southern Arizona that I would expect around here at 7000'. No coatimundis here fortunately. They're as big a pain in the ass as raccoons.