tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post4829808441572044961..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: What Happened to the Power?Gail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-5145564765395807322012-11-05T15:29:38.401-05:002012-11-05T15:29:38.401-05:00I remember living on a farm not too far from Ithic...I remember living on a farm not too far from Ithica, NY when hurricane Hazel knocked the lights off for two weeks. I hope you fare better than that.<br /><br />Are there reports of the leaf damage (spots) coming from all six vegetative continents or is it confined to North America and Europe?<br /><br />Here's a stub that needs expanding at rational wiki: (what's there is just OK)<br /><br />http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ozonecatman306https://www.blogger.com/profile/04670081770711560337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-29882113504583230092012-11-04T11:11:17.585-05:002012-11-04T11:11:17.585-05:00I doing fine, Michele. It's just so ugly here...I doing fine, Michele. It's just so ugly here. I've been calling it arma-fuckin-geddon. I have been told I will have power at my house next Wednesday - just in time for the next storm to take down another round of trees.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-57122964796342618212012-11-04T10:28:35.059-05:002012-11-04T10:28:35.059-05:00more on ash trees http://www.egovmonitor.com/2012/...more on ash trees http://www.egovmonitor.com/2012/11/04/ash-tree-survey-to-start-this-weekend-says-environment-secretary<br /><br />and it is also true that the light from the sun has been going down very much since 10 years. Now, it is SO obvious here, every day. Never a really blue sky since at least 5 years in the city (except the day after Sandy when there were 10000 planes grounded on the east coast). But when the planes will really be grounded for a while (or for good) the weather is suddenly going to go crazy.<br /><br />Reading a lot of stuff about misery in certain parts of NY. Difficule to know the truth.<br /><br />take care gail<br />as much as you can michele/montrealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-565889824799819302012-11-03T22:28:13.409-04:002012-11-03T22:28:13.409-04:00Excellent job as usual, Gail. Keep up the good wor...Excellent job as usual, Gail. Keep up the good work! (Fingers crossed that we'll wake up in time to do something about it...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-86680469865178282502012-11-03T13:31:01.710-04:002012-11-03T13:31:01.710-04:00Sandy was a HAARP job start to finish.
Mother N...Sandy was a HAARP job start to finish. <br /><br />Mother Nature thrown under bus.<br /><br />Chemtrails cutting UV light by 20%. (See rickets epidemic) <br /><br />Dinosaurs got rickets too, after volcanic ash clouds cut UV light. <br /><br /><br /><br />PLoveringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04027992777731735792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-60686616261454177162012-11-03T11:49:48.992-04:002012-11-03T11:49:48.992-04:00Yes my local power co. says not to expect lights u...Yes my local power co. says not to expect lights until next Wednesday - and it's supposed to get cold. I'm at my daughter's, where about 6 of us are going after the downed trees with chainsaws, a front-loader, and a wood chipper. The air reeks. That's what I call an amplifying feedback.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-91946356137022752052012-11-03T11:08:11.762-04:002012-11-03T11:08:11.762-04:00See comment 501 at Jeff Masters:
Satellite views ...See comment 501 at Jeff Masters:<br /><br />Satellite views show your part of NJ still in the dark. (But you knew that!)<br /><br />http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2285#commenttopcatman306https://www.blogger.com/profile/04670081770711560337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-32051838403597015552012-11-02T16:02:28.359-04:002012-11-02T16:02:28.359-04:00dear gail,
here is an article
http://www.guardian....dear gail,<br />here is an article<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/02/ash-tree-disease-10-years<br />love<br />michele/montrealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-8189086763065228332012-11-02T13:00:40.187-04:002012-11-02T13:00:40.187-04:00Hi Brian,
I don't often go back to check and ...Hi Brian,<br /><br />I don't often go back to check and see if people respond to comments (I also don't comment very often) because it's sort of depressing how they dismiss ozone out of hand without making any effort to learn about it.<br /><br />This cracked me up: " Your notable exclusion of other sources of current damage to trees, including climate change sources and acid rain, makes me wonder whether anyone else supports your exclusion."<br /><br />Just because I don't bother to talk about acid rain or climate change doesn't mean I exclude them as impacting forests! I never "exclude" them, of course they are - my point is that most people who do write about acid rain and climate exclude ozone. Jeesh.<br /><br />Anyway - I am always amazed and thrilled that JR lets my comments through moderation - and thanks for your replies, they were excellent! Precise and accurate.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-86345141342642323462012-11-02T12:49:01.419-04:002012-11-02T12:49:01.419-04:00It is stunning how many climate-aware people, such...It is stunning how many climate-aware people, such as those as Climate Progress, are essentially uninformed when it comes to forest issues.<br /><br />The two comments on your picture-less version of this on CP demonstrate this ignorance, but also their assumed knowledge about all things climate, as well.<br /><br />-- brian<br />Brian Brademeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329541258458522199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-11508950844365090592012-11-02T03:55:43.514-04:002012-11-02T03:55:43.514-04:00Some great photographs. Thanks so much. Dramat...Some great photographs. Thanks so much. Dramatic. rpaulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00016149709193595632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-45774675632472447752012-11-02T00:46:09.464-04:002012-11-02T00:46:09.464-04:00Great photo-post, as usual, Gail.
You're righ...Great photo-post, as usual, Gail.<br /><br />You're right, of course. Trees never used to come down at this rate in winds of Sandy's strength. In fact one can do a thought experiment to prove this: just compare the rate that trees are coming down (d) with the rate that they're growing (g). After some deep thought, one realizes that d>g, and that if this had been true in the past there would be very few mature trees anywhere.<br /><br />One other key point, well-illustrated in your photos, and as you've noted in the past: is the declining strength of tree wood and roots: the trees 'snap' off,and/or the root systems are truncated. These problems are also caused by air pollution--a combination of growth-stimulating, enhanced CO2, and of toxic O3. levels. It's very multifaceted.<br /><br />Keep up the great blogging. May the arm heal quickly, the power return apace, and the world awaken to your profound message before it's too late to save the kids.Rogerhttp://www.gwenet.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-66579034525668848052012-11-01T19:52:39.834-04:002012-11-01T19:52:39.834-04:00Thanks for the local tour!
A magnificent, sprea...Thanks for the local tour! <br /><br />A magnificent, spreading hundred-year-old tree blew down on the New Haven (CT) Green. I've only seen the news clips, but you can see from the photos that the roots were shot. It turned up an old skeleton from when the Green was a graveyard. Happy Halloween! <br /><br />A neighbor of a friend lost a red oak that we are hoping to use to grow shitake mushhrooms. Don't know yet if the wood is any good, though. <br /><br />Maybe we should be raising termites. <br /><br />--Gaianne <br /><br />PS The winds here in CT were prolonged but no worse than a typical nor'easter--and yet, trees down everywhere! They are getting the roads clear faster than last year, though restoring power is another story. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-19588292262273091092012-11-01T19:26:47.973-04:002012-11-01T19:26:47.973-04:00This might be the next level of asserting causatio...This might be the next level of asserting causation, as in "ozone is causing the trees to knock out electricity."<br /><br />Systemic causation - George Lakoff <br /><br /><br />Global Warming Systemically Caused Hurricane Sandy<br />Global warming is real, and it is here. It is causing -- yes, causing -- death, destruction, and vast economic loss.<br />October 30, 2012 |<br /><br />http://www.alternet.org/environment/global-warming-systemically-caused-hurricane-sandycatman306https://www.blogger.com/profile/04670081770711560337noreply@blogger.com