First there was Florida man..now there is Florida woman:

[dixiegrrrrl]

FL woman sentenced for burning down 3,500-year-old tree so she could see her meth

A Florida woman was sentenced on Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison, with all time suspended if she completes the terms of her probation, for her part in burning down a landmark 3,500-year-old cypress tree in 2012 so she could see the drugs she was using in the dark.

Sara Barnes, 28, pleaded no contest to unlawful burning of lands and possession of methamphetamine and must perform 250 hours of manual labor, pay restitution, and must submit to a substance-abuse testing, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

Barnes set fire to The Senator in Big Tree Park, reputed to be one of the largest and oldest baldcypress trees in the world. The Senator was 118 feet tall and about 18 feet wide, and was estimated to be 3,500 years old.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/08/fl-woman-sentenced-for-burning-down-3500-year-old-tree-so-she-could-see-her-meth/

[BlancheSplanchnik]

1. reccing with great sadness.

[roguevalley]

2. I can't imagine what that tree felt dying. We just had a forest fire here and I

couldn't figure out why I felt so wretched beyond the usual and it was because I could feel the trees dying. I asked others about it and they said yes, they felt it too. All the other trees around it, how terrible. That tree was a youngster back then when the world was like this:

The 4th millennium BC saw major changes in human culture. It marked the beginning of the Bronze Age and of writing.

The city states of Sumer and the kingdom of Egypt were established and grew to prominence. Agriculture spread widely across Eurasia. World population in the course of the millennium doubled, approximately from 7 to 14 million people.

[GoCubsGo]

3. I hope it wasn't a big-eared bat roost.

They often roost in the cavities of baldcypresses.

I really don't understand what motivates people to use that shit.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

4. That was a cool tree.

I live in the area and the park is right by a bike trail.

[sakabatou]

5. All for some meth