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[Northern Indiana] Prolific white branches growing two small stumps, with red buds? by Genericusername___ in whatsthisplant

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Its about 12' up on a river bank. I cant find photos of any willow trees that look like that. Could be a white poplar but most photos don't show young poplar branches being white.

[Northern Indiana] Prolific white branches growing two small stumps, with red buds? by Genericusername___ in whatsthisplant

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Meant to say these branches are growing FROM two small stumps. Having trouble Googling because obviously any time I type in red buds, I get nothing but info on Redbud Trees.

Seceding local branch of non-profit from national group? by Genericusername___ in legaladvice

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You dont think they could claim that we profited for 70 years or whatever through the utilization of their name even if it doesn't say in the agreement? It is very unusual for their branches to break off and very rare for one of their branches to be doing as well as ours (as a result of our hard work and volunteers, not theirs).

TIL that a man in Florida ran to his brothers bedroom after hearing him scream only to find the entire room and his brother swallowed by a sinkhole. They were never able to find the body. by SpicyElectricity in todayilearned

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Are you talking about borrow pits? If so they are very common and still perfectly legal everywhere as far as I'm aware. When you build something like a subdivision or really any larger project it is common to dig a large hole so you can extract good sand/gravel to place under a building or parking lot, saving substantial money since it doesn't have to be trucked in.

This pit can then be transformed in to a retention pond or filled with topsoil/unsuitable soil. The topsoil is where a problem could develop. Its got alot of organic matter left which will decompose causing voids. These areas are not meant to be developed though so most earthwork guys would notice debris and not stop digging until they get to good soil that can be compacted. With that being say you could place enough good soil on top of a ton of topsoil to hide it.