WA has had a record rainfall which has caused widespread flooding and damage. Mount Rainier National Park was closed for the first time in memory when the Nisqually River destroyed a popular picnic and camping area at Sunshine Point and took 65′ of road into the park at the same time. See a report of damage to the park. Our vacation log cabin is threatened by the damaged dike that protects the property in the area. Some 17.9 inches of…
Global warming is another, but separate problem, from ozone depletion. It concerns the escape from Earth of infrared radiation and trapping the heat released by the Earth like a greenhouse which heats the planet. CNN reported in October 2006, that when President Bush was asked about the additional threat of global warming he claimed there was still a debate about it’s cause. However, in spite of the administration’s repeated attempts to muddy the water over whether it is manmade or…
The National Academy of Science reports that a continent size hole in the Earth’s ozone layer keeps getting bigger and bigger. It reports that the Antarctic hole now measures about 9 million square miles, nearly the size of North America. According to the Academy, two decades ago, most scientists would have scoffed at the notion that industrial chemicals could destroy ozone. But years of study have conclusively identified human made chemicals as a culprit. The Academy reports that the source…
