You can see that my rain gauge has the same orange coloring from the rain as the one in the video.

Views: 16

Comment by Deborah on August 29, 2010 at 10:24am
Is it a small thing to you, O evil shepherds, that you not only keep the best of the pastures for yourselves, but trample down the rest? That you take the best water for yourselves, and muddy the rest with your feet? All that's left for my flock is what you've trampled down; all they have to drink is water that you've fouled. Ez 34:18-19
Comment by Deborah on September 2, 2010 at 12:39pm
I posted this information at a gardening forum where I participate. My question there was what could be done to restore the soil. Interesting that all of the responses questioned why I would think such a thing; one respondent actually suggested that the Gulf is fixing itself.

Founder
Comment by Cyprium on September 2, 2010 at 4:31pm
It's easy for people to swallow this myth of the Gulf naturally curing itself...that's what they want to believe. We all know that they dumped well over a million gallons of Corexit on it and continue to do so...so what stops people from making the connection? I'm not entirely convinced that the oil has been stopped even..it would be relatively simple to continue to dump dispersant on it and have it appear that all is fixed.
Comment by Deborah on September 2, 2010 at 6:27pm
Only one response was at the board - others are emailing me privately. One today actually suggested that I didn't understand my geography; that the winds blow west to east, I suppose suggesting that it was not possible that Iowa would see the effects from the Gulf. Our storms in Iowa come from direct west over the Rockies, from the north (Canada), or from the south (the Gulf). Storms from the south, in summer, tend to be the worst bringing lots of rain and humidity. Winter storms from the north bring the greatest snowfall amounts.

Founder
Comment by Cyprium on September 2, 2010 at 6:35pm
If the weather patterns were normal and natural..we could expect certain things..like prevailing weather systems out of the west etc...but the fact that we also have technology able to completely alter natural courses of weather systems puts everything which used to make sense about weather into question.

and..there's a new oil well blowout in Louisiana! is this unbelievable or what? a tip for helping your soil....you can spread charcoal on it liberally and then after letting it soak out the impurities for a few weeks..rake it up and throw it away.
Comment by Deborah on September 2, 2010 at 10:21pm
Iowa
Hydroclimatology

Iowa is located in the midcontinent interior and is affected by various weather patterns during the year. Iowa's climate is goverened by airmasses from the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. These airmasses are supplemented by moisture evaporated from the land surface and from lakes and reservoirs. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico predominates the air movement from April to September and accounts for more than 70 percent of the precipitation in Iowa (Paulson and others, 1991).

Iowa's annual precipitation ranges from 25 in. in the northwest to 38 in. in eastern and southern Iowa. The statewide mean annual precipitation is 32. in.(Paulson and others, 1991).


http://ks.water.usgs.gov/pubs/reports/wsp.2502.ia.html

Notice, this article says Iowa's "mean annual precipitation is 32 in." and we have had over 42" between May and August, and received another 2" overnight. Not a good omen for September.

I did read about the second oil rig explosion in the Gulf. I don't know what to think.

Thank you for the tip about my soil. At the low end, where the water accumulated and sat for extended periods, something is in the top 1/4"-1/2" of the soil and has caused it to discolor to a very black and to dry and crack. My thinking is to remove this top layer. And then I will try your suggestion.

FYI - BP Oil Spill Stalls Gulf Loop Current: Global Consequences if Curre...

Comment

You need to be a member of Time No Longer to add comments!

Join Time No Longer

© 2024   Created by Cyprium.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service