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En l’occurrence il était sûr ........un dattier(1) variété connue pour des attaques en dessous de la couronne ou en pied de stipe. Une pensée émue pour cette innocente italienne, que toute la compassion des palmophiles l’accompagne.....

Pour lui rendre hommage quelques images de ses funérailles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrhNQQTAU_Y ( pour vous recueillir il vaudrait mieux couper le son). Une polémique se fait jour en Sicile la municipalité attribuant le sinistre à de très forts vents alors que d’autres dont des scientifiques avancent qu’il s’agit d’un défaut de surveillance. Autre crainte, que les pouvoirs publics se livrent à des abattages massifs de palmiers dattiers pour faire oublier leurs défaillances antérieures, ce qui rajouterait une catastrophe à la catastrophe.

Messieurs les gestionnaires d’espaces verts communaux, soyez particulièrement vigilants : c’est loin d’être le cas partout. En général les palmiers publics sont bien suivis mais que dire de ces nombreux de palmiers privés subclaquants souvent en limite d’espace public qui représentent un réel danger pour la population. Qu’il s’agisse d’un manque coupable de vigilance ou de l’insuffisance des outils réglementaires de répression, cette question mériterait d’être à l’ordre du jour du prochain Copil régional.

Autre accident : http://www.esperonews.it/201410222006/categoria-g-z/termini-imerese/palma-abbattuta-da-punteruolo-rosso-distrutta-automobile-a-termini-imerese.html

The accident happened in the centre of Catania, eastern Sicily. Catania

Sicilian woman killed by falling palm 

MThe accident happened in the centre of Catania, eastern Sicily. C

Updated : 24 Oct 2014

A Sicilian woman died on Thursday when a palm tree fell on her in the city of Catania, an accident blamed on high winds and the possibility the tree could have been infected.

Patrizia Scalora was killed by the palm tree in Piazza Cutelli in the heart of the Sicilian city, Corriere del Mezzogiorno reported.

The 49-year-old had been sitting on a bench with her daughter, 19, when the accident happened. Emergency services were called but were paramedics were unable to save her.

High winds are thought to have caused the top of the palm tree, which was more than five metres high, to fall down.

There has, however, been speculation that the tree may have been infected by Red Palm Weevil (RPW), a pest which attacks palm trees, despite showing no signs of the infection when recently trimmed by city authorities.

Local prosecutors have ordered the tree to be tested, Corriere said.

Mayor Enzo Bianco launched a separate investigation and called for all palm trees in the Catania area to undergo checks.

As high winds hit Sicily, bad weather has also been reported in Sardinia where six-metre waves have been lapping the island’s shore.

Rain is forecast in the central and southern regions of Italy on Friday, while temperatures are expected to fall. Snow is also forecast for some parts of the country, La Repubblica

 
A Sicilian woman died on Thursday when a palm tree fell on her in the city of Catania, an accident blamed on high winds and the possibility the tree could have been infected.

Patrizia Scalora was killed by the palm tree in Piazza Cutelli in the heart of the Sicilian city, Corriere del Mezzogiorno reported.

The 49-year-old had been sitting on a bench with her daughter, 19, when the accident happened. Emergency services were called but were paramedics were unable to save her.

High winds are thought to have caused the top of the palm tree, which was more than five metres high, to fall down.

There has, however, been speculation that the tree may have been infected by Red Palm Weevil (RPW), a pest which attacks palm trees, despite showing no signs of the infection when recently trimmed by city authorities.

Local prosecutors have ordered the tree to be tested, Corriere said.

Mayor Enzo Bianco launched a separate investigation and called for all palm trees in the Catania area to undergo checks.

As high winds hit Sicily, bad weather has also been reported in Sardinia where six-metre waves have been lapping the island’s shore.

Rain is forecast in the central and southern regions of Italy on Friday, while temperatures are expected to fall. Snow is also forecast for some parts of the country, La Repubblica reported.

(1) source CASTELLANA Robert de Passions Végétales

Objet : UN PALMIER DATTIER INFESTE A TUE PATRIZIA SCALORA

Chers ami(e)s des Fous de Palmiers,
Je n’ai hélas que de mauvaise nouvelles à vous apprendre, mais vous devez vous en douter suite à notre visite en demi-teinte à Bordighera en septembre, sur la route de Phoenix canariensis. Comme vous le verrez, ça va très vite désormais vers la catastrophe annoncée, et bien pire encore, comme le montre la mort hier de Patrizia Scalora, tuée par la chute d’un palmier dattier infesté. Le transfert du charançon vers le palmier dattier est donc en cours. Les villes menacées vont de Sanremo à Hyères, en ce qui concerne la Côte d’Azur.