People can deny facts all they want, but math remains math and the insurance companies don’t care about your freedom of religion allowing you to build your house on a flood plain. Their only religion is the math.
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If the Dutch still ran New Amsterdam—er, New York—they would have done this decades ago, like they did in Rotterdam with the Maeslantkering:
Also Tree of Heaven is the host plant for Spotted LanternFlies, which are also invasive. Please stomp when you can.
I’ve worked with this group in NJ to remove invasive plants from county parks. The web site has a list of invasive species and tips on controlling them. https://www.fohvos.info/invasive-species-strike-team/info-center/
Air-source Heat pumps have gotten a lot better in recent years, and they can usually work effectively at heating homes down to -20 degrees Fahrenheit without needing to resort to resistance heating (IE running air through electric coils). Read more
I live in a cold place, so “no gas furnace” would be concerning. But I bet it will be fine in California.
I was recovering from surgery which included upper respiratory when this happened: Seattle Had the Worst Air Quality of Any Major City in the World This Weekend. Barely avoided being seriously compromised.
Good reason to keep wearing those masks
America is literally soaking in lead.
Not really surprised, in Chicago we have some pretty old buildings in this city. Southside in particular has some of the oldest homes in the city and since its where the cities poorest people live its almost certain that the lines inside of the homes also contain lead. Even if they replaces the service lines it won’t… Read more
PR resident here. West and central island got hit hard. Most people up until today are still without electricity or water. Read more
If this situation affected those people, you’d be entitled to that drink. Sadly, it’s the result of years and years of intentional neglect, because those people getting sick and dying young are black and brown, with a smattering of other poor people thrown in.
I just moved from the Jackson Metro area after living there for over 40 years and trust me, the people that you and I both dislike are *not* the ones suffering from this crisis. All of the white flight has taken those folks to the suburbs where they are on a totally different water system. Read more
Fonteyn suggests taking photos of the information on prescription medication bottles Read more
Gloves, hand warmers, scarves, knit caps - that’s not just cold climate, that applies most anywhere. Unless you are constantly adjusting your go-bag each season, be ready for winter in your area. I live in north Texas, but it still gets cold here in the winter when you are stuck out in it. In university, I would wear… Read more
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So this means global warming is over, right?
Should the permafrost melt, tons of trapped methane will be released which will absolutely hasten the warming effect. Methane is 23x the greenhouse gas that CO2 is.
Yep, that’s part of the ongoing problem there. The “profit incentive” isn’t necessarily an incentive to produce a good product or service, if the company can make a profit by simply doing some performatives for the sake of those in authority.
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I currently have a Tree of Heaven starting to grow in my backyard. I never knew what it was before and HATE it! I usually pull it out as soon as I see a tiny bit of it, but have left it because it’s hiding the fact that I need to replace my fence.
Going out now to dig it up.