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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:24:59 -0800, Tim May
<timcmay@removethis.got.net> wrote:

>The 12th straight day of over-75 F temperatures. Actually, my rear-deck
>recording thermometer says 90 F temps were hit several times. Blue
>skies every day, warm nights every night.
>
>Even for California, this is a remarkable run of summer-like
>temperatures, in _March_. To paraphrase Mark Twain, "the best summer I
>ever spent in Northern California was the March I spent in Santa Cruz."

The explanation for the warm weather is simple, depending upon your
agenda.

Global Warming:
The end of the world is at hand.  Green house gases must be to blame.
We need to shut down technology, progress, industry, and ban
flatulence.

Scientists and Researchers:
This is most unusual.  More government funded research is necessary.

Politicians:
Something is out of control.  It's not suppose to be this warm in
March.  We need to pass a law against this kind of thing.  If that
doesn't work, more laws.

Oil companies:
March is suppose to be cold, where fuel oil consumption and profits
are highest.  We usually raise prices this time of year proclaiming
"shortages".  Well, if we can't move product, we might as well raise
prices anyway to cover the loss of business.

Religion:
This weather isn't right.  We must have done something to anger God.
This would be a great time to start a conscientious program of
repentance starting with a large donation to the temple or church.

NWS and NOAA:
We don't make the weather.  We just predict it.  If you want something
more than that, more funding is necessary.  Meanwhile, enjoy it as
good things don't last.

>Today I worked with my tree worker on the "northern slope," the patch
>of an acre or so of my property with a few dozen oaks and madrones on
>it, bordered by two "fairy circles" (no, not that kind) of redwoods. My
>land is mostly very steep, dropping nearly 250 feet from the area where
>my house is to the redwood groves at the boundary. A lot of poison oak,
>hazelnut bushes, fallen logs, ferns, and duff. Never cleared, as near
>as I can tell. Until now.

Did you move?  I guess clearing the area is a good thing to do.  So,
what are you planning to build?  Fortress wall?  Enclave?  Defensive
perimeter?  Blockhouse?  Machine gun emplacement?  Moat?  Minefield?
The 250ft foot drop should make it easy to defend from the house.
Perhaps something in a more traditional architecture, such as boulders
or boiling oil to be rolled down the hill at the attackers.  2038 is
rapidly approaching and it's good to see someone preparing this early.


-- 
Jeff Liebermann  150 Felker St #D  Santa Cruz CA 95060
(831)421-6491 pgr  (831)336-2558 home
http://www.LearnByDestroying.com   AE6KS
jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us   jeffl@cruzio.com

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message news:<osro50h3phqop9shobce1r909ia4mvpg7f@4ax.com>...

...

> Religion:
> This weather isn't right.  We must have done something to anger God.
> This would be a great time to start a conscientious program of
> repentance starting with a large donation to the temple or church.

...

Maybe we've been collectively good enough to be rewarded, althouch I can't think 
of any specific evidence to support that speculation.  I hope we're not using up 
some quota of nice weather for the year, because I'd like summer to be this warm.

Jim

Tim May <timcmay@removethis.got.net> wrote in message news:<190320041824597467%timcmay@removethis.got.net>...
> The 12th straight day of over-75 F temperatures. Actually, my rear-deck
> recording thermometer says 90 F temps were hit several times. Blue
> skies every day, warm nights every night.

Yes, isn't it nice!  We went to Milpitas (Dave & Buster's) and back
with friends on the motorcycles last night and praise be, we didn't
freeze!  It was actually quite nice most of the time.

> Today I worked with my tree worker on the "northern slope," the patch
> of an acre or so of my property with a few dozen oaks and madrones on
> it, bordered by two "fairy circles" (no, not that kind) of redwoods. My
> land is mostly very steep, dropping nearly 250 feet from the area where
> my house is to the redwood groves at the boundary. A lot of poison oak,
> hazelnut bushes, fallen logs, ferns, and duff. Never cleared, as near
> as I can tell. Until now.

Must be a good feeling...I'm about ready to hire somebody to get rid
of a bunch of periwinkle and dig out a bay tree so I can use the hole
for a rhododendron that's outgrowing its planter.  It's
dirt-under-the-fingernails weather for sure.

Probably a dumb question considering the source of the OP, but you did
consider erosion when you cleared that hillside, right?  Are you
planning to put anything on it to keep the dirt in place?  It'd be a
drag to have to shovel your hillside off your driveway next
winter--I've seen that happen more than once around here and it always
amazes me how people can be that shortsighted.

Jeannie

In article <27754a4b.0403212134.46b57ec1@posting.google.com>,
<hpspamlessjeannie@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Must be a good feeling...I'm about ready to hire somebody to get rid
> of a bunch of periwinkle and dig out a bay tree so I can use the hole
> for a rhododendron that's outgrowing its planter.  It's
> dirt-under-the-fingernails weather for sure.
> 
> Probably a dumb question considering the source of the OP, but you did
> consider erosion when you cleared that hillside, right?  Are you
> planning to put anything on it to keep the dirt in place?  It'd be a
> drag to have to shovel your hillside off your driveway next
> winter--I've seen that happen more than once around here and it always
> amazes me how people can be that shortsighted.

I've lived here since 1995 and have carefully watched where any erosion
is occurring. There are some cuts in the various roads, such as Hames
Road, where slumping occurs. Most other places the drainage is
excellent, being that most of this area is in the Aromas Sand
Formation.

But on my own property, I made some new terraces a year ago, by digging
into hillsides and shoveling the sand onto a terrace, and carefully
watched for any slumping or erosion. None was seen, which is why I
expanded the program.

Even if some slumps occur, it'll be minor, as the extent of what I can
terrace is determined by how much muscle power I want to personally
expend (I do most of the shoveling, my tree trimmer does most of the
poison oak removal). 

The "acre" I am clearing is not actually being cleared to the ground
(except for any poison oak vines seen...they are pulled). What I'm
doing is having some dead madrones ("silvertips"--great firewood,
mostly harvested in most forests) and some scraggly bush trees (small
scrub oaks, hazelnuts) chainsawed out. This should not affect the
erosion of the soil, which is both well-drained, courtesy of the Aromas
Sand Formation, and not stripped bare.

Lastly, though my land is steep, it is not steep in the same way that
the Love Creek area was steep. Plenty of hillsides around here in
Corralitos are just grassy meadows, or vineyards, or orchards, and no
major landslides have been seen.

(The biggest landslide is the one that has kept Amesti Road closed
since the heavy rains of 1995: the state has decided that digging out
the roadbed, which is not covered very deeply, is not worth the
expenditure of tax dollars on. Better that thousands here in this area
pay many thousands per year in property taxes so that our money can be
shipped to South-Central LA to pay for Latandawanda X. Shabazz to have
a couple more bastard children. Some day we're going to have to kill
the politicians who stole from us and send millions of niggers up the
chimneys.)

--Tim May



> 
> Jeannie

Tim May  <timcmay@removethis.got.net> writes:

[ levelheaded discourse about local erosin ]

> Better that thousands here in this area pay many thousands
> per year in property taxes so that our money can be shipped
> to South-Central LA to pay for Latandawanda X. Shabazz to 
> have a couple more bastard children. Some day we're going
> to have to kill the politicians who stole from us and send
> millions of niggers up the chimneys.)


Whew!  I was starting to think you'd lost it, but you came
through in the last paragraph.




Geoff

-- 
"Texas is like an old woman's pussy.  Everyone knows
 it's down there, but nobody gives a fuck."
          -- some trucker on CB in Nevada

Tim May <timcmay@removethis.got.net> wrote in message news:<210320042206455701%timcmay@removethis.got.net>...
> 
> The "acre" I am clearing is not actually being cleared to the ground
> (except for any poison oak vines seen...they are pulled). What I'm
> doing is having some dead madrones ("silvertips"--great firewood,
> mostly harvested in most forests) and some scraggly bush trees (small
> scrub oaks, hazelnuts) chainsawed out. This should not affect the
> erosion of the soil, which is both well-drained, courtesy of the Aromas
> Sand Formation, and not stripped bare.

Ooh, sand must be nice to have around...you'd think we'd have great
soil here, living in a redwood forest, but there's a good bit of clay
in it so it doesn't drain as well as we'd like.

> (The biggest landslide is the one that has kept Amesti Road closed
> since the heavy rains of 1995: the state has decided that digging out
> the roadbed, which is not covered very deeply, is not worth the
> expenditure of tax dollars on. Better that thousands here in this area
> pay many thousands per year in property taxes so that our money can be
> shipped to South-Central LA to pay for Latandawanda X. Shabazz to have
> a couple more bastard children. Some day we're going to have to kill
> the politicians who stole from us and send millions of niggers up the
> chimneys.)

Oh, foo; we were having such a nice chat about landscaping and then
that darned Mr. Hyde had to show up again. <grin>

Jeannie

In article <27754a4b.0403221239.34406590@posting.google.com>,
<hpspamlessjeannie@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Oh, foo; we were having such a nice chat about landscaping and then
> that darned Mr. Hyde had to show up again. <grin>
> 

"Nice"? I don't do "nice." Just like Tina Turner said.

--Tim May