so the Pacific storm blew into the area and caused some havoc..and also gave us a rainbow and some awesome beauty...people were so thirsty for rain, some drove with the tops down!
I'm watching the news in the morning and it's amateur hour....but still they managed to impart some info...power outages in Santa Barbara from NATIVE pine trees falling...up in Paso Robles a 100 year old NATIVE OAK tree fell into a house...I guess it's ok for a native tree to fall but if a eucalyptus tree free falls, the native freaks panic..just silly because all trees fall...gravity...that's why it's important to prune them, cut them back
and the folks down in Camarillo Springs got hit hard with big mudslides after the springs fire in 2013 denuded the hillsides....hmmmmm....
this area burned from Camarillo to Malibu down to the ocean..it's also part of the Santa Monica Mountain range....before the burn, nativists have been busy removing invasive species and restoring the creeks and watersheds for the steelhead..the National Parks Service is involved in these projects..these native restorations...pulling out the weeds and planting natives loosens the soils and makes it ripe for landslides, don't they know that..this area is not their private garden!!!
these are the same people who killed honeybees on the Channel Isalnds for being "feral"!!!
but folks like Miss Betsy here do this for a living.. she has a "landscape architect degree" Betsy has worked for MRT since January 2012, where she often goes out in the field to plant and water nursery grown natives, and to weed invasive plant species. In the office, she drafts restoration plans, sends projects through the proper government approval channels and writes grants.
now this confounds me...people weed out the bastard species that could help prevent the quick spread of a wildfire, and they plant more flammable politically correct natives!!
from the NPS: Chaparral is a general term that applies to various types of brushland found in southern California and the southwestern U.S. Plants such as manzanita, ceanothus, chamise and scrub oak, along with other grasses and forbs, are examples of typical chaparral flora. This community contains the most flammable type of vegetation found in the United States. It is no surprise, then, that many of these species are well-adapted to fire and some actually possess traits that encourage fire. One chaparral plant, ceanothus, has leaves that are coated with flammable resins. Ceanothus seeds require intense heat for germination, and its roots are specially adapted to enable the plant to grow in areas that were recently burned. Other chaparral shrubs also contain flammable oils and resins in their leaves. The leaves and branches of these plants are small, adding to their flammability. - See more at: http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/learning-center/fire-in-depth/different-ecosystems/chaparral-sw.cfm#sthash.8mUbG1Lt.dpuf
the Santa Monica Mountain range could be the victim of unintended consequences thanks to the native cult interference there....next time you see an old hippie or yuppie hipster ripping out weeds on the hillsides, in the wild areas, weeds that help bind the soil and prevent it from sliding
ask yourself: why are these idiot fucks doing this???
1 comment:
Ah come on now. Don't be as stupid as that idiot who forgot how to put the top up.
Native chaparal or not the fire was due to dry conditions. Non native Eucs/gums have adapted similar traits as our native chaparal. Both will burn and regenerate in similar conditions. It is obvious that the reasoning behind restoring and maintaining native habitats escapes you. But if you think for just a little bit about the positives of natives you could move beyond your circular arguments and paradigm.
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