Gad, you're brilliant sometimes!

Plus what is the cost per homeowner to have these trees monitored and trimmed back? I mean, if we're screaming about $1 per person so people can see the sides of mmp's at night...

You're right Gracie, "Two words to the wise are redundant". My father use to say that everyday or something like that; I forget.

Many times I have seen workers trimming the Spanish moss from trees and their trucks are filled with the trimmed moss. I have also seen the workers trim tree branches on a regular basis from alongside Buena Vista Blvd.

they sell the moss?

Didn't we buy here for this beauty? Who wants to look at great oaks that look like coat racks? I'm sure there are many willing to take our chances with this risk.
I for one enjoy driving the cart and car through the many areas that have the live oaks and moss.

There are so many variables to the issue of liability when it comes to foilage/trees. Was it an act of God? Was there a reasonable expectation that the hazard was known by the owner? Was the owner given notice of a potential hazard? ................................ a branch falling in itself is not an act of negligence and if you are not there any evidence that it may noise when it dropped:D

I have to admit that after 9 years of traveling the multi-modal paths the main focus of my attention is looking straight ahead to determine if someone or something is in my path of travel. Never once did I look up to see if a tree limb or even bird poop was about to descend.

Now I wonder if I can continue my same practice of looking forward only and be surprised by a jolt on my head:eek::D

More reason to have a very fast golf cart. You spend lass time under these dangerous trees. Hmmm? "FAST CARTS SAVE LIVES."

Not just dangerous but can be very annoying and inconvenient. Just a few years ago, while driving on a major road in AZ, a very small branch fell and hit my hood. It was more of a large twig than a branch. Nevertheless it caused $1200 damage to the hood and right front fender. I could have sued the city of Scottsdale for the repair, but I didn’t have the energy to “fight city hall,” so I just had it fixed. No injuries or fatalities but it did scare the #./@* out of me.

Maybe we can get the people who cut the trees at Lake Minoa last year to trim these. Perhaps a judge would sentence them to community service. Since they like cutting trees, looks like win-win

LOL. I think we're starting to think alike:beer3:

Yup. It is sterilized and sold for use in planters. When you walk into a building look at the planters. Many will have moss as filler.

Worry about trees bonking me on the head or whatever; not me. I worry much more about damage from drunks and pot heads driving and idiots making left turns at major intersections when they can't see what's coming at them.

Bah! When it's your time....it's your time...the old large oaks are managed quite well compared to other areas of the country and having one fall on you, your car/cart happens so rarely they'd have to denude any trees hanging over the roads to FIX IT as someone keeps harping....others have stated to stay off the road during high wind times...great idea...of course if it's an emergency you have other things to worry about and falling limbs are pretty low on the list...

To the "sky is falling" person who posted this....why aren't you more outraged at those elderly(all of us)who drive their cars and carts and endanger all in their path? There are hundreds more accidents involving them than any tree limb damage....

nevermind...:sad: