Re: the real explanation (Score 1)

Blades of grass thrown through a telephone pole... Unlikely, if not impossible. What probably actually happened is that the pole was bent by the wind, causing the grain in the wood to momentarily expand, opening a crevasse into which the grass blade found its way. Wind lets up, crevasse snaps shut, and viola: grass 'blown through' apparently hard wood. This is the real explanation for the blades of grass and straw that have been found embedded in trees and poles after tornadic storms. You need a good amount of wind to get this phenomenon, but nowhere near as much as it might initially seem to require.