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Ironically for
today’s theme we see an Indian ship the Maha
Aarti in the port to get a cargo of wheat. Given the Monsoon rains in
Pakistan with extensive loss of life and agriculture crops – wheat looks to
be a very scarce commodity with soaring prices etc |
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Link to
provincial ‘Drought’
site where our area rated 3 of 4 (in July) Wild fire
site: http://bcwildfire.ca/ |
Speaking of
global warming – some descry our rainy weather after long stretch of sunshine
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See
advisory full text BC was recently
warning of low river flows --- so what? Well with returning salmon swimming
upstream high water temperatures (shallow water) increases chances of
diseases etc |
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Record low
waters being approached |
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Images
again from Federal/ Provincial site – here all Pacific
BC waters BC
Overview
map This
was an El Nino year and lower rainfalls and locally rainy rather than snowy –
plus warmer spring melted off the snow pack up stream earlier Other
BC signs of global warming is the Pine beetle infestation etc |
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This graphic
is for water levels as opposed to ‘discharge’ volume --- see the real time
water data for Pacific NW (above) |
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I
have numerous articles on Skeena river at this time of year:-- see especially
last strong El Nino page 2005-2006---
And 2007 which has links
to previous |
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Enbridge
pipeline --- And Tanker traffic off the North Coast |
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I have looked at
Enbridge as a threat to our salmon streams
in Skeena Watershed – and will return to topic later – today I want to
emphasize the ‘danger’ from tanker traffic --- while earlier public relations
emphasized a pilot station at mouth of Douglas Channel etc – the Enbridge
Pipeline main
menu site on the CEAA web site appears to go back to the original plan
(pilot boarding at Triple and following Principe Channel to Douglas fjord).
This becomes an especial problem for Kitkatla (as left from Google maps).
Threat of spills to just the increased wash and traffic from traditional food
beaches etc |
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in light of
the Michigan spill |
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Thus
note all the ‘new’ buoys etc in Principe (and Douglas) that Enbridge sees as
now required for safety --- Note even the southern pilot boarding sees having
to use Principe during ‘rough weather’ Note
too the arrow which is also relatively ‘new’ --- thus the most dangerous
mountain areas will be avoided by tunnelling through them – which I suspect
will present its own problems |
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Tunnels |
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Hoult
and Clore tunnels --- map left presents also a few of the alternative routes
looked at – more later
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When will
deer (bucks) cause an injury? – Kids potentially vulnerable |
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The buck (at the
arrow) was feeling his testosterone as I tried to pass going downtown on 2nd
West. As I approached he
chose not to ‘yield’ – looking at me belligerently and ‘saying’ I was here
first. It was only when I took my (short) club like umbrella out of my back
pack and carried it like a club that the buck backed off (reconsidered?) and
let me pass |
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Dandelion like head of common weed at
this time year |
More Aster
type flowers |
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Flower and seed are
used for diagnosis --- note this flower ‘closed’ at night even after I had
picked it and taken it home – opening the next morning etc |
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By your seed
you shall be known |
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I
will return to this but note difference to say Dandelion where there is a
stalk before the plume area etc – where here ‘plume’ directly to seed See
previous Aster family in summer look with links |
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So characteristic of the Rupert
view scape --- seeing a freighter ‘parked’ at end of street etc
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Created by LG on 9/8/2010
Last updated on Monday, August 09, 2010