tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post882974884911186999..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: This Is Starting to Turn Downright FenianThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-41072810528988741372019-04-10T16:10:44.931-07:002019-04-10T16:10:44.931-07:00That's Saint John, NB, Owen. It's spelled ...That's Saint John, NB, Owen. It's spelled that way to distinguish it from St John's NF for those not in the know. Doesn't work for Upper Canadians I guess.<br /><br />The Bay of Fundy has rather high tides - I grew up on a headland in Digby County NS where you could just see the lights of Saint John at night forty miles away.<br /><br />My brother and his better half live right on the shoreline in Smith's Cove in the Annapolis Basin, 43 miles from Saint John. The tide, she goes out a long way and the clam diggers dig. Even on Xmas day when I was last there and it was minus 10.<br /><br />Don't think the sea level rise in Saint John has quite yet reached the drastic proportions Owen's friend thinks. My brother's seawall hasn't been overflowed and it was built in the 1930s. Give it, say five years, when they have to move in with us the way things are going - we live on top of a 300 foot high drumlin. Half of Halifax will be wanting to live here by then.<br /><br />BM<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-16263418690090370672019-04-09T15:15:40.889-07:002019-04-09T15:15:40.889-07:00Maybe these diversions suit our MPs on both sides ...<br />Maybe these diversions suit our MPs on both sides of the House, Owen. My guess is that no major party wants to have that "adult discussion" about climate change with the public. It would only force them to confront the severity of what's coming and what we would need to do (including sacrifice) to avert the worst impacts.<br /><br />I know lots of people and I'm sure you do also Owen who do their utmost to look the other way, people who "don't want to know." I'd like to think there was a time when Canadians were better than that.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-27363684006551100862019-04-09T13:31:20.116-07:002019-04-09T13:31:20.116-07:00They're all missing the big picture. A friend ...They're all missing the big picture. A friend visited today, after returning from a trip to St. John, New Bruswick. He says the water in St. John Hsrbour is rising. It could soon cover the docks there. The issue is right in front of us -- if we open our eyes.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com