Comments on: “Dropping pine cones, proceed at your own risk”

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:27:46 +0000

Same attorney that advised Sir Isaac Newton in re: apples, falling…..

By: Mark Biggar

Mark Biggar — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:18:03 +0000

The crematory across the 405 freeway from the VA hospital in Westwood CA (by UCLA) has several of these signs due to the Coulter pines. The pine-cones are larger then a basketball and weigh around 15 lb. and have injured or killed several people over the years.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:15:14 +0000

Orthe 16 lb. kind: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/13/san-francisco-man-sues-pine-cone-falls-on-head

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:55:33 +0000

As there is no punctuation, the sign can be interpreted to recommend that you carry some pine cones with you and drop them as you go. “Dropping pine cones, proceed at your own risk.”
Or that trees are falling and traffic cones (or maybe ice cream cones) should be careful. “Dropping pine. Cones proceed at your own risk.”

By: Manual Paleologos

Manual Paleologos — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:19:06 +0000

At Chicago’s Jardine Water Treatment Plant, they have redwing blackbirds nesting in the bushes near the plant entrance. They sometimes buzz your head. The City put up a sign, “CAUTION – Angry Birds.”

By: Hugo S Cunningham

Hugo S Cunningham — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:04:51 +0000

Maybe the tree is a Coulter pine, written up in Wikipedia. Freshly fallen cones weigh 2-5 kg, and workers under Coulter pines are recommended to wear hard hats.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 12:56:20 +0000

I work in a commercial insurance claims department handling litigated claims. I had an insured that rented out cabins along the coast that got sued by a renter when his cornea was scratched. He was playing in the backyard when a high gust of wind came along and caused a branch to slap him in his face. To hear his attorney tell it any branch that was at lower than 8′ is an inherent hazard.

By: mickeymat

mickeymat — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:01:45 +0000

Actually there are some species of pine whose cones falling are large and heavy enough to kill you. Don’t know if this particular location has these but they are in the mountains of California.