It's a widely circulated story, but I don't know where the actual evidence is that would stand up to scientific scrutiny.Gunnar_GG wrote:Dear Bamboo Conne'isseur;
When you state:
"...since if a bamboo can handle a nuclear blast, what does the cold have on it?"...I am piqued.
Please point me toward more info, reference, background.
Gunnar_GG
http://www.bamboocentral.org/whybamboo.html
SURVIVING THROUGH HARDSHIP...
Amidst death and destruction, bamboo survived the Hiroshima atomic blast closer to ground zero than any other living thing and provided the first re-greening in Hiroshima after the blast in 1945.
http://www.allaboutflooring.info/bamboo-flooring.html
In China, bamboo has been cultivated for thousands of years. Bamboo has been used for paper, utensils, building material, and artwork. If you doubt the strength of bamboo flooring, it should be noted that in the Hiroshima blast, bamboo was the life form that most survived.
http://www.laweekly.com/general/feature ... hem/14449/
It is dirt-proof, kid-proof, dog-proof, cat-proof and very nearly nuclear-winter-proof. After the 1945 Hiroshima atomic blast, bamboo survived closer to ground zero better than any other plant or animal.
http://www.realrods.net/id70.html
Bamboo is the strongest growing woody plant on earth with a tensile strength superior to mild steel, and a weight-to-strength ratio surpassing that of graphite. Bamboo is the fastest growing plant, clocked at 2 inches an hour! Amidst death and destruction, bamboo survived the Hiroshima atomic blast closer to ground zero than any other living thing and provided the first re-greening after the blast in 1945.
