OK, who's been dumping Miracle-Gro on the tumbleweed in WA?

[MineralMan]

31. Tumbleweeds are amazing!

After my enlistment in the USAF ended in 1969, I got a job with a major natural gas company in Southern California. While working there, as a warehouseman, I got sent to a remote natural gas distribution facility. I was there to deliver some industrial gas meters, and was told to clear away some tumbleweeds that had accumulated while I was there.

Well, when I arrived at the facility, which was a large open space surrounded by a 12' high chain link security fence, I found it almost completely full of tumbleweeds. There was room for me to drop off the big-ass gas meters, but after about thirty seconds, I realized that there was no way one guy with no tools could do anything about a 300-foot square enclosure full of tumbleweeds piled on top of each other.

So, I drove the truck back to the gas company headquarters and reported in about the tumbleweeds. "No way!," I said. "That's going to take a crew with chainsaws and about three dump trucks to deal with. My supervisor scoffed at my assessment and said, "Nah. You can do it." "Nope," I replied, suggesting that he climb in the truck and I'd take him up there for a look.

He agreed. Once he saw the situation, he said, "Well, you're right."

In the end, it cost the gas company over $5000 to clear that enclosure.