The only bull in this slide show is the one I took a picture of in the Philadelphia International Airport of one made out of recycled materials. The tree debris was from the last spat of rain storms and gusty winds the past couple weeks. Still cant find a way for the City of LAs Dept. of Urban Forestry (in charge of tree removal) to take out a couple of trees on my block that are dead or dying with trunks and branches constantly falling down and making the area more like a mine field for pedestrians and parked cars. They say the city council has reduced their budget and in turn has forced them to a staff of around 5 people with a current list of 15,000 trees needing inspection and attention. I ask what I could do to hurry this along before damage, injury and possible death occurs. The supervisor said in no uncertain terms that could possibly be misconstrued: PRAY. Im praying that someone shares this and gets the attention of the LA City Council, local news, etc. and the City Council and Mayor are persuaded to come to their senses and give that department the budget and resources to inspect and then fix this problem NOW. As more winter weather warnings are going on for more thunderstorms and strong winds. I pray this doesnt end up like the El Nino weather disaster of 198 ...from the FEMA report of March 3rd 1998 titled: The California Winter of 1997-98 The winter of 1997-98 has become the latest in a succession of memorable winters for the state of California extending over the past 15 years. This period began with the snowiest and wettest winter on record in 1982-83 for much of the state. After the February 1986 flood, the state entered an extended period of six consecutive dry winters from 1986-87 through 1991-92, ending with the very wet 1992-93, one more dry winter in 1993-94, and then four consecutive wet winters from 1994-95 through 1997-98. The previous winter of 1996-97 featured one of Californias largest and costliest floods ever, in early January, followed by a record dry period into summer. A four-year stretch of wet winters has not occurred for a half-century or more. Overall, this has been a period of highly variable climate for the state of California. In March of 1997 another El Nino developed (by most counts, the 9th El Nino year since 1976, an item of great interest globally), then grew rapidly. From late summer through approximately January 1998 this event exceeded (by most criteria) the previous record El Nino of 1982-83. After January 1998, the 1982-83 El Nino, which peaked later in the winter, was the stronger of the two. Historical studies show that El Nino usually (not always) brings wetter winters to central and especially southern California. Large El Ninos (a very limited sample) appear to extend wet conditions further north.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:59:39 +0000
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