I’m so sad to hear what Texas and the Gulf have gone through in the wake of Hurricane Ike. True, it’s not nearly as bad in terms of human loss as what happened with Katrina–and I’m glad to hear the population of Galveston has undergone only four reported deaths, a far cry from the 8,000 [...]
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Galveston
Posted in Celebrities, Global Climate Change, Other Stuff, Performers, Personal Shit, Songwriters, The Beach Boys on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Obama talks some common sense
Posted in Global Climate Change, Obama, Politics, Television on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Chagrined as I have been regarding Obama’s immediate shift to the right following his becoming the presumptive nominee, I’ve been further incensed that he’s letting himself get pushed around by the press and the Republicans, who’ve goaded him into looking like a whiner.
That’s why it’s great to see him showing some chutzpah in this speech [...]
Lake Mead might be bone dry by 2021
Posted in Global Climate Change, Los Angeles, Politics on February 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The water system that bathes the Southwest in water as well as powers most of our electricity (via the Hoover Dam’s turbines) is already at half capacity, and could be kaput by the time you were planning on selling that new house in San Diego you just bought.
The study’s findings indicated that there is a 10 [...]
