Friday. 11.17.06 5:00 pm
The recent arrive of heavy rains have brought flooding and power outages to many lower mainland homes and now they have a problem with turbidity and ground water contamination. As with most rich industrialized nations what is their answer? Their answer is but bottled water! Hey well it helps the economy but what about the environmental impact that water bottles, which are made from petro chemicals have on global warming. Our hunger for water is also a hunger for oil, which is the very reason why wars are being waged - all at the expense of the environment. I say stop buying bottled water, boil it. Even better encourage local potters to build ceramic water filters to eliminate bacteria and turbidity. Two such organizations are Potters for Peace and the newly formed Potters Without Borders.
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Monday. 3.12.07 7:36 am
The weather report for Yulin calls for light rain with a low of 19 and high of 26. Quite a difference from last weeks temperatures of 9 degrees but more rain just means more added humidity in the air. I was thinking perhaps if there was no rain we will not get the hot humid summers this place is used to. Not that I like them it just Yulin will not be the same without the sauna atmosphere. One reason for all the greenery is the result of all the rainfall as well. So I suppose we cannot complain at that much about the humid climate.
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