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January 22, 2005
snow emergency!
It snowed a bit here today, the predictions by Fox News incorrect by at least half, as usual. By now I know to tone down the local media hysteria to take the weather forecasts with a grain of salt or two. Of course the mere 4" or so of snow is enough to paralyze the entire region, but sadly it's not on a work day or we would have had off today.
Bob defies the weather, confirming there will in fact be a Blowoff tonight, which will probably only feature the locals who can walk there, which is fine with me. More room for me for my interpretive dance style. Tomorrow we may be playing D&D, weather/road dependant.
So the slavering oil-starved Republicans have finally sunk their teeth completely into the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Sought after as the holy grail of wilderness areas since before my crunchy environmental education days in undergrad school, they're now finally able to corrupt this pristine wilderness to their liking.
Frankly, I don't give a shit about lower gas prices. Even if I did have a car, I'd rather curb my driving habits and take public transportation than to install exploration and drilling facilities across the migration route for thousands of caribou. One of the limiting factors for this caribou population is their ability to migrate to windier areas during the mosquito season. Clouds of flies and bloodsuckers (insect, not human) actually impair their health enough to cause mortality in the population. If their ability to migrate to less-buggy, windier areas is impeded by things such as pipelines and refineries, their population suffers. And if there are fewer caribou and uncorrupted vistas for our grandchildren, we suffer too.
Posted by jimbo at January 22, 2005 5:29 PM
Comments
yeah, wish it was a weekday :P
Posted by: Brechi at January 22, 2005 5:59 PM
But Jimbo, if you had an SUV that got 4 mpg, you'd care about gas prices! It's just not fair! In our new ownership society, in which we all must take personal resopnsibility for our decisions, it's the government's job to provide you with a source of cheap gas! To do otherwise would be letter terror win. Or something.
Posted by: John at January 23, 2005 12:39 PM
Why are you watching Fox News aka the "Kiss Bush's Ass" News?
Posted by: GURL at January 25, 2005 9:06 PM