I read a lot. I write a lot.
Subsequently, I think a lot about what I read & write
Now these notes are going live on the world wide web.
I like to think of it as 'plunging' the cr** out of news media, gathering facts and making occassional predictions (that are correct 97.8% of the time)
Interesting concept brought on by Hurricane Nicole pounding the northeast (rookies - here’s the apocalyptic glimpse of the NYC transportation infrastructure under water). Interesting to picture, even more fun to think about - what if this actually happened, have you scuba-d lately? Get the goggles out, this one is sure to wind up in a FINAL DESTINATION doom and gloom flick soon…
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Question: Why did nearly all life on Earth die 250 million years ago?
Answer = uncertain.
While we may not know for sure what happened, we can’t help but ask, does a similar fate loom on our horizon? Mainstream news headlines would suggest yes. And as if this alone weren’t vexing enough, history itself has proven that humankinds’ sudden extinction (mayan 2012 theory….apocalypses….Nostradamus outlooks) isn’t far fetched - it’s happened before. Take a second to let that settle….
Will we be here in 2050? 3050?
The optimist within me says yes. But the realist in me says its definitely possible that we won’t be here for either. We know ‘our future’ is sometimes slow at innovating itself (where’s my f-ing flying car?!), so I’d like to think our doomsday moves at a similar snails pace, but only time can tell.
I will end on this (straight from the blind optimist’s point of view):
Only we can change the world, but we have to start doing it collectively (I mean EVERYBODY) & we need to start doing it now. One person. That’s all it takes to change the world, and that one person is YOU. What do you have to lose in not doing so? Well, everything….
Commentary by MB, inspired by iO9’s post
SOURCE: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37353392/ns/gulf_oil_spill/?GT1=43001
NPR once again elaborates on the gulf oil spill debacle…. As a side note to those living outside of New Orleans - you know its bad when your weatherman starts referring to ‘the gulf’ as ’ the oil’. Bob Breck, gotta love your enthusiasm for the weather and its effects on [the gulf] the oil….
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126827880&sc=nl&cc=bh-20100514
A beach at Caminada Bay, Louisiana. Across the bridge from Grand Isle, Louisiana’s beautiful inhabited barrier island, a summer resort and fishing community which has just shut down all its beaches. (nola.com)
I expect Rand Paul will arrive on scene to thank BP representatives in person.
Trajectories - Oil Slick
Source: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/book_shelf/1884_cumlative4_29_trajectories.pdf
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The National Weather Service predicted winds, high tides and waves through Sunday that could push oil deep into the inlets, ponds and lakes that line the boot of southeast Louisiana. Seas of 6 to 7 feet were pushing tides several feet above normal toward the coast, compounded by thunderstorms expected in the area Friday.
Crews are unable to skim oil from the surface or burn it off for the next couple of days because of the weather, Coast Guard Rear Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara said.
Waves may also wash over booms strung out just off shorelines to stop the oil, said Tom McKenzie, a spokesman for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is hoping booms will keep oil off the Chandeleur Islands, part of a national wildlife refuge. “The challenge is, are they going to hold up in any kind of serious weather,” McKenzie said. “And if there’s oil, will the oil overcome the barriers even though they’re … executed well?”
Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126410895&ps=rs
