Re: Speaking of oleanders
- To: <m*@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: Re: Speaking of oleanders
- From: "* <t*@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 20:48:39 -0400
On 5/8/99 7:19 PM Charles Butler (chb@interlog.com) said:
>They also line the highway medians with oleanders in the south of Spain
>(where it hardly rains at all, except when it floods). They are very
>effective at slowing down out-of-control vehicles as was proven last year
>when I was rear-ended in a failed pass attempt on the freeway outside of
>Cordoba by someone who didn't quite get the equation right - small
>vehicle, nearby, moving slowly or large one, further away, etc. Needless to
>say, I was the former.
Oleanders (caterpillar food) are commonly used in the medians of our
Florida highways. We have a white, a lt pink and a dk pink. In Sicily
last summer, I was very surprised to see other colors.
Tom Miller
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