Right On The Money Joe...

..."inclement weather" is a crutch used by the non-contributors to do what they do best - NOTHING but they can do it from their homes rather than show up at their workplace. The vast majority will showup and at least they have paid their right to bitch and complain.

Joe O’Connor: Toughen up Toronto. It’s winter. It snows


Oh my God. EVERYONE PANIC! Red alert! Red alert!

I am not really old enough to be a cranky old guy. I am not even old enough to say cranky old guy stuff, stuff like: back in my day we used to walk six miles to school, barefoot, in a blizzard, while being pursued by a pack of baying wolves.

I am, however, old enough to say that Canadians, at least Canadians living in Toronto and parts thereabouts, appear to have gotten soft when it comes to the snow. If you haven’t heard: a storm is heading straight for the centre of the universe. Environment Canada has labelled the system: “a near-blizzard.”

Not a full blizzard. Not even a big, bad, look-out-below blizzard, but a “near-blizzard.” Twenty centimetres of snow is expected to fall. How much is 20 cm? It’s the height of a beer bottle. (I know. I measured.) Or if you are reading this on the fly — it’s the height of your BlackBerry, times two. That is not a near-blizzard. It’s a Tuesday night in Calgary. Read More »

What Did You Do To Piss Off Mother Nature?

Hmm! How Will Suzuki Take Credit For Their Return?

...does David speak salmonese and were his concerns heard by the Chief Salmon 

 

It is tough being a fish these days...

David Suzuki: Not Mystified Enough!

Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
CBC Fruit Fly Guy, Aug.28 2009 - The number of sockeye returning from the ocean to the Fraser River this year is one of the lowest in the past 50 and follows two years of dangerously low returns. In fact, we have witnessed decades of decline for diverse sockeye populations from the Fraser Watershed, some of which are now on the brink of extinction.
Vancouver Sun, Aug.26th 2010 (link fixed) - Fishery officials estimated Tuesday that more than 25 million sockeye salmon will return to the Fraser River this year, the largest number since 1913.
h/t Peter M.
Posted by Kate

The Scenery Is A Lot Different Than Normal...

...and we will have to wait and see how our bread basket will be impacted!

Haiti

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