tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post9111361299467609828..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: The Winter That Wasn'tThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-8568885334342782112015-01-21T14:47:48.315-08:002015-01-21T14:47:48.315-08:00"what's next?" The end of life as we..."what's next?" The end of life as we knew it growing up on this small planet Earth. I remember the magical days growing up in the countryside picking wild berries riding horses breathing clean air and the rivers were clean and clear. Where I grew up has been swallowed by suburbia that means I can never go back to reminisce except in my thoughts...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17868396408359306954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-70767522320421930812015-01-21T12:47:20.952-08:002015-01-21T12:47:20.952-08:00@ Lorne - be careful what you ask for. The fact is...@ Lorne - be careful what you ask for. The fact is I wouldn't mind trading for a couple of weeks of good old Canadian winter. In my previous life as an Ottawan I loved winter although I'm sure that's an affection that wanes with each passing decade and the onset of arthritis and other aging maladies.<br /><br />@ Kim. A few months ago I was told by a BC government wonk that the Pine Beetle infestation has completed the savaging of our forests. It's now sweeping Alberta and is expected to move through the Boreal forest. <br /><br />Where does all this leave us? As I noted, it leaves me asking "what's next?"The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-30783097442019881262015-01-21T12:03:07.781-08:002015-01-21T12:03:07.781-08:00The implications are far ranging. Warm winters wi...The implications are far ranging. Warm winters will allow pests like Pine Beetles to proliferate, unabated by deep cold. Some tree fruits need a dormant period to set flower buds and some species of softwood (cedar) really do not tolerate drought. Warming oceans will acidify, destroying shellfish and salmon will migrate north. What does that leave us?Kimhttp://www.sistersagesmusings.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-68495825351401583222015-01-21T11:54:22.986-08:002015-01-21T11:54:22.986-08:00Your post fills me with ambivalence, Mound. On the...Your post fills me with ambivalence, Mound. On the one hand, I can't help but feel a certain envy, but on the other hand, of course, real dread for its implications. If there has been any progress at all on the climate front, it surely is the fact that 'climate change' is now being used instead of 'global warming;' the latter, although accurate, left far too many looking upon it as a positive development during cold winters, and it of course made it easier for the denialists to crow when a severe winter struck.<br /><br />Such unsophisticated thinking was far too easily exploited by the right wing. <br /><br />Still, could you send a bit of your weather to the East, just so we can have a small break? ;)Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com