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Issue #1244
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Carol
Sus
Gary
Doug

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From Carol

There are a number of British shows I enjoy, like “Escape to the Country “ and “British Gardens”. The UK enjoys a temperate climate even though if moved directly west it would fit into Hudson Bay nicely. The reason for the milder climate is, of course, the Gulf Stream. Out of curiosity I asked google what would happen if the Gulf warm water tracked west of where it is now. I didn’t know this is a fear of climate scientists. The average temperature of northern Europe would fall by 5 to 15 degrees. Scotland and Norway would experience ice age conditions. Global food production would fall. While the northern hemisphere would cool drastically the southern would warm causing ice melting. Places like the Amazon and India would experience drought causing greenhouse gases captured by the Amazon rainforest to enter the atmosphere. Ocean levels along the north America coast would rise affecting some major cities. Is this what they mean by “doom scrolling” or is that a term only applied to political items? Since the Earth is never static, even if it seems so to us with a relatively minuscule lifetime comparatively speaking, eventually the Gulf stream will move but so will the continents and hopefully life on earth will be able to adjust. The fear is that global warming will cause drastic changes without nature given time to adjust. And now you all know that strange thoughts go through my mind when I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t fall back to sleep. Do any of you find yourself doing strange google searches just because you can?

Carol

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From Nova Scotia Sus

It's so good to see the end of March and hopefully April will treat us better weather wise. Our greenhouse had stood up to high winds and heavy snow many times and we are so happy it has held well with the bubble wrap roof. We have many seedlings started and growing well. We also have been collecting sap and doing many boil downs as we call it. We also found out there are fire restrictions in place so we can't have a fire until 2pm. That makes things harder as it takes a long time to boil down in our 6 foot tray. Sometimes we were doing 2 boils a day but not now with the restrictions. We have to obey or it's a huge fine. With so much snow around it seemed safe to boil.

Sus

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From Gary

Hi fellow Squamidians. Our weather has been up and down like a yo-yo. Thursday +10 and drizzle. Today-18 and sunny with a cold strong north wind. Most the snow is gone. The path through the bush to the millennium trail is still covered in snow and ice. The garlic 🧄 I planted last fall is up. I put more straw on it so hopefully it will be ok. There is a golf course down the trail a bit. I walked around a bit of the perimeter and found 24 golf balls. Max can go golfing in the spring. Nothing else happening, a good thing, so take care and stay safe

Gary

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From Doug

We, that being my musical accomplice Jane, and I, have another song for everyone’s enjoyment should you choose to listen. This one is a very old folk song that Peter, Paul, and Mary were doing when we were all so incredibly young. Its a song that Sus of Nova Scotia fame can sing along to. In fact, Sus and I have probably sang this song together many times over the decades. Its a ‘protest’ song, lamenting about the state of the world. I guess nothing has changed or changes. So, here is our version of ‘If I Were Free’.

If I Were Free

Doug

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