tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post6373843035638387950..comments2023-10-25T02:14:11.431-07:00Comments on Living Vicuriously, aka Pasadena Daily Photo, has moved.: Blog Action Day 2009Petrea Burchardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-48076367295362962672009-10-16T14:55:01.402-07:002009-10-16T14:55:01.402-07:00Anybody gonna call Almost Precious wrong? Not me.Anybody gonna call Almost Precious wrong? Not me.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-9628897289829619032009-10-16T14:14:33.265-07:002009-10-16T14:14:33.265-07:00Hmmm ! Global warming...let's do something ab...Hmmm ! Global warming...let's do something about it ! Lots of talk, talk, talk ! No one cares or dares to tackle the real culprit...HUMAN POPULATION !!! Sure cars, factories, coal burning energy plants create green house gases but who uses and needs all those cars...all the things that factories produce, or refine...all the homes and buildings that require heat, air conditioning and lighting ? Well it sure ain't squirrels !<br />Back when I was a twenty-something young mom there was serious talk about the over crowded world population...talk, talk, talk...let's aim for zero population growth...talk, talk, talk ! I truly felt guilty that I had 3 children and back then there were doctors that would not issue a prescription for those new horrendous "Birth Control Pills", it was considered to be "against God's will". <br />Now the pill is common place but "population zero growth" has become taboo, instead it is considered a blessing if you are a Kate Gosselin or an Octo Mom or the Duggars with 20 and counting...TLC will even give you a TV show !<br /><br />But the truth remains, bitter as it may be, that as long as our population continues to expand the way it has so will our problems here on this planet. Now it's global warming, next it will be how to grow enough food and provide abundant clean water for a world drowning in its own self re-creation ! <br />Yeah I know, this is not a popular topic. Especially since all governments and nations rely upon an ever increasing population to sustain economic growth and pay its bills ! Gotta build those houses, cut down those trees, build, build, build.Almost Precioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349435936032378395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-7446141034449402542009-10-16T07:59:00.549-07:002009-10-16T07:59:00.549-07:00I don't think conspiracy, I didn't mean to...I don't think conspiracy, I didn't mean to sound that way. I think our services could have taken it more seriously in the beginning. They perhaps didn't know it was going to travel as fast as it did but they should have, considering how dry it was.<br /><br />Don't get me started on water wasters. After the Station Fire, how could people possibly think we're not in a serious situation?<br /><br />Some charities are doing all their soliciting online now, so I think there's "a box" you can check, so to speak. And you can opt out of the e-mailing list if they big you too much. http://www.repoweramerica.org/<br /><br />I will never give money a second time to a charity that sends me "free gifts." I'm offended by that waste of my donation. However, my husband (who has worked as a professional fundraiser) says many people donate money because they want the backpack or the teddy bear or whatever premium is offered. (I doubt people donate to get the ugly return address labels.)<br /><br />Thanks, you guys. This whole thing is overwhelming but Bellis has a point about lifestyle. This is where we can make a difference: walk to the store instead of driving whenever you can. Recycle. Etc. We have to do our best.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-84718520515844205242009-10-16T00:33:13.899-07:002009-10-16T00:33:13.899-07:00I'm also too overwhelmed by this to offer much...I'm also too overwhelmed by this to offer much except yet another signature and another donation. I read about what Linda posted back during the fires and felt such a sense of loss I could hardly begin to write about it. <br /><br />The more you look at climate change and the impact we have on the environment, the more it embiggins. Sigh.Laurie Alleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-68992155521514356722009-10-16T00:00:50.017-07:002009-10-16T00:00:50.017-07:00Definitely not too preachy, Petrea. On the contrar...Definitely not too preachy, Petrea. On the contrary, very well written and in my opinion, a powerful statement. Thank you.Chuck Pefleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886326288618029812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-29083830922903661082009-10-15T22:47:07.787-07:002009-10-15T22:47:07.787-07:00I worked for a charity that sent out those annoyin...I worked for a charity that sent out those annoying requests, and when we asked them to stop it, we were told that people who give once are very likely to respond to every subsequent request. (These may be the same people that respond to spam mail, and buy winter clothes in summer and vice versa.) As for slowing down climate change, we need to go back to the lifestyle of the '50s.Bellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10168550139269893109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-75965511315975232242009-10-15T22:19:33.463-07:002009-10-15T22:19:33.463-07:00As for the fire, I don't see conspiracy, I don...As for the fire, I don't see conspiracy, I don't see how it could possibly have been of benefit to anyone. <br /><br />And water? This is a little thing, but did you notice all the auto sprinks going off in the middle of our little October storm? How hard is it to click "off."<br /><br />As for sending money here and there, I'd rather do something more hands-on. Whenever I send money to a cause (and I do, and often), they just spend it sending me more letters for more money. Wish there were a check box to say no to that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-81144269113675858022009-10-15T21:01:37.106-07:002009-10-15T21:01:37.106-07:00Click on Avaaz.org, or send some money to Al Gore&...Click on Avaaz.org, or send some money to Al Gore's cause. It's a start.<br /><br />I'm thinking the same thing, Cafe. Yes, it was arson. Yes, we're in a drought. But 250 square miles? This is a perfect storm waiting to happen. Our water situation is precarious and it isn't getting better or even holding steady. It's getting worse.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-41773697818871388002009-10-15T18:37:02.763-07:002009-10-15T18:37:02.763-07:00The Station Fire probably didn't need to grow ...The Station Fire probably didn't need to grow to the largest fire in LA County history. Something smells funny or smoky.Cafe Pasadenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366911652838118347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-47974166636443090952009-10-15T18:06:16.993-07:002009-10-15T18:06:16.993-07:00Too preachy? Not possible. But I haven't done ...Too preachy? Not possible. But I haven't done anything to change this. Shame on me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-64793742479650951372009-10-15T14:29:28.515-07:002009-10-15T14:29:28.515-07:00It is overwhelming, Hiker. Linda's comment ove...It is overwhelming, Hiker. Linda's comment overwhelms me even more. Maybe that's why fewer people than usual are commenting today. (Or the post is too preachy, that could definitely be it.)<br /><br />The planet's not going anywhere. But if we don't do something to manage climate change, the planet won't sustain human life. Doesn't that pretty much sum it up?Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-62890975673093407402009-10-15T13:28:01.812-07:002009-10-15T13:28:01.812-07:00Thanks for posting this today.Thanks for posting this today.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668487489667818687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-79518136200951814572009-10-15T11:59:18.583-07:002009-10-15T11:59:18.583-07:00Back in late August, when the Station Fire was rag...Back in late August, when the Station Fire was raging, 60 Minutes ran a story on such "megafires" that was really daunting, suggesting that many/most of these areas are SO damaged, they WON'T come back:<br />____________________<br /><br />Tom Swetnam told Pelley with these new super hot fires some forests may never grow back.<br />_____________<br /><br />Full story is here: <br /><br />http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/18/60minutes/main3380176.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody<br /><br />"We used to have forest soil here that might have been this deep," he says, indicating about a foot of depth, "but now we're just down to rock."<br /><br />"So you're down to mineral and sort of a rock, sort of armored soil. And that is not a good habitat for trees to re-establish," Swetnam says.<br /><br />"Where do you think all this is headed?" Pelley asks,<br /><br />"As fires continue to burn, these megafires continue to burn, we may see ultimately a majority, maybe more than half of the forest land converting to other forest, other types of ecosystems," Swetnam says.<br /><br />"Wait a minute. Did you just say that there's a reasonable chance we could lose half of the forests in the West?" Pelley asks.<br /><br />"Yes, within some decades to a century, as warming continues, and we continue to get large scale fires," Swetnam replies.<br /><br />Swetnam says that this is what we have to look forward to. He estimates, in the Southwest alone, nearly two million acres of forest are gone and won't come back for centuries.Linda Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776352090489595324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-22915983893737550452009-10-15T10:30:39.148-07:002009-10-15T10:30:39.148-07:00Just checking in, because I knew you'd post. T...Just checking in, because I knew you'd post. This issue so overwhelms me, I really don't have anything to say or add.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-11582057290107038212009-10-15T09:40:01.058-07:002009-10-15T09:40:01.058-07:00Hear hear! It's appropriate that you're sh...Hear hear! It's appropriate that you're showing JPL today, because many of their satellites are monitoring the health of our own planet and how it's changing. Climate change doubters are always saying "We need more data," so that's what JPL is providing.<br />You've managed to photograph the bare mountains! Every time I try, they're shrouded in mist, as though ashamed of their nakedness.Bellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10168550139269893109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-33963273542645663072009-10-15T09:05:27.489-07:002009-10-15T09:05:27.489-07:00When I flew to Kansas a couple weeks ago, the plan...When I flew to Kansas a couple weeks ago, the plane went directly over the San Gabriels and I was glued to the window as usual. <br /><br />It was amazing to see how much area was burned, and where the firefighters had made stands to protect things like the Mt. Wilson Observatory. <br /><br />The damaged area is just massive.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17451652843448766614noreply@blogger.com