July 12, 2005. Today headlines on "The Chicago Tribune" e-page is the regretful death of a primate at the Brookfield Zoo due to ingestion of a plant that was poisonous to the primate. Zoo need to be support of the well being of their occupants in everyway. We persist.  

July 6, 2005. This zoo must be gorgeous. Look at the flora behind this enclosure. This is one of the primates at The Sorocaba Zoo at Sorocaba, Barzil.  

June 27, 2005. The Ambassadors of the Sea at Sea World. This is our Shamu. This is in San Diego. Of course there are other Shamus in Ohio, Texas and Florida. I saw the first Baby Shamu in Florida at the Orlando facility when he was six weeks old. That was in 1995 I believe. Many people oppose these beauties being in captivity and they are correct, but, these lovely animals as any animal in a zoo whether aquatic or not are ambassadors for their species. If it weren't for Shamu we would not be worried today about their survival. The aquatic zoos no longer 'harvest' the sea for their zoos, they raise their own. The ethics have vastly improved in the zoos across the nation but we remain vigilent to continue to improve them and be sure their funding is good. Today, we celebrate Shamu and his family in the oceans.  

Brookfield Zoo Wind Chime, Chicago, Illinois. 

Morning Papers - concluded - Problem solved. I'm back.

The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Wind Chime) is:

Scott Base

Cloudy

-29.0°

Updated Tuesday 12 Jul 8:59PM

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:

61 °F / 16 °C
Mostly Cloudy

Humidity:
72%

Dew Point:
52 °F / 11 °C

Wind:
7 mph / 11 km/h from the WSW

Pressure:
30.02 in / 1016 hPa

Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV:
1 out of 16

Clouds (AGL):
Few 2800 ft / 853 m
Mostly Cloudy 3200 ft / 975 m

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June 11, 2005. Destin, Florida the day after the arrival of Arlene. Remember that? Minimal interruption in their lives.

The beach was intact.

As we move along on a timeline with these early storms they are becoming stronger.

July 11, 2005. Destin, Florida got hit really hard. It took the beach away. The restaurant nearly washed in the ocean and the parking lot is undermined. It's safety has to be in question.

July 11, 2005. The erosion of the beach undermined the parking lot where the restaurant is hanging on and almost took this car as well. The Gulf of Mexico is nearly upto the parking lot.  

July 11, 2005. The sand under the condo was washed away. The erosion is substantial. The stilts the condo is built on saved it.  

July 11, 2005. Erosion at Destin, Florida. There is no beach. It's all washed away.  

To Stewardship.

July 12, 2005.

This is the UNISYS Tropical Storm Tracks Data page.

"Emily" makes the fifth storm to manifest this season.

Let's look at the three storms that have achieved recognition for doing increasing damage to date.

First there was Arlene. A rather mild and early storm compared to what the USA is used to dealing with. It has a very short duration in the ocean before making landfall. We saw minimal damage to civilization.

The last storm was "Dennis". It's length of travel in nautical miles was longer than 'Arlene." It had a longer time at sea. The damage to civilization was greater. Kindly note, Destin, Florida is a favorite entrance to these storms to date. It is my estimation as we go along in this season there will be a return to the 'traditional' hurricane in length of travel across the Atlantic exposing them to more and longer ocean time causing an increasing strength as it approaches civilization.

The reason for this is the fact these storms are designed by Earth's Physics to deliver heat from the troposphere to the oceans to cool Earth and allow it to be livable by terrestrial biota. The oceans get hotter and hotter placing microscopic organisms at risk while the atmosphere is cooling. The cooler the dynamics the more traditional the paths of these storms. It would seem as though "Emily" is still headed for the 'hotter" waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It might be the next storm will head more toward the southern Atlantic coast of Florida or SE of the USA.

This is Global Warming.

This is a very clear demonstration of how Earth works to keep life alive. It is an extreme because we have neglected our stewardship for so long. We need to take drastic measures to stop this very dangerous and deadly trend. We need to be more noble than we have ever been in our lives and help Earth return to normal. Earth is running a temperature an aspirin cannot help.

July 11, 2005. The next hurricanes are on their way as seen in the lower right corner. Noted: Just as a hurricane locally cleans the air and is refreshing when it passes, "Dennis" has done that to the aire masse over the USA. I have a different satellite picture that better illustrates it. But, basically all the pollution was blown away. The storm is huge. Noted, the 'dirty' aire (white color) is returning to the North American continent on both coasts. It' was temporarily moved around by "Dennis" but the pollution of the USA is so dense it simply rolls back in over the continent. It won't completely blow away.  

July 11, 2005. The next hurricane is on the way. A current tropical depression spinning in a more traditional pattern is on the way. This is the same only earlier Global Warming pattern as 2004. The reason the pattern has become more traditional is because Dennis was churning the ocean and sending heat into the water enough to cool the troposphere enough to all the traditional pattern to emerge. The interesting aspect of Dennis is the size of the air masse that was cleaned as it came into North America, nearly the entire continent. It's a lot of explanation.  

July 11, 2005. The next hurricane is in the making in the upper right corner of this satellite. It's considered a tropical depression at this point at 30 mph. This is Global Warming.  

July 11, 2005. The eye wall of "Dennis" came in at Gulf Breeze, Florida. This resident lives on Santa Rosa Sound, states, "The storm surge was perhaps 4 to 5 feet less than Hurricane Ivan." 

July 11, 2005. The Nation's Fires.  

July 11, 2005. The Mason Fire started due to lightning. It is said there are '0' (zero) acres involved. That would not seem to be the case. Local residents are evacuating.  

July 10, 2005. Wetmore, Colorado. The Mason Fire.  

July 10, 2005. Wetmore, Colorado. Residents watch helplessly while Slurry Planes and helicopters deliver water to the fire without much of a change to The Mason Fire.

July 10, 2005. Wetmore, Colorado. The Mason Fire.