Nov
14
2007
Yesterday, I happily fed the gulls. I mentioned in a previous post that the bird life has been decimated by this spill; I don’t care what numbers are being officially reported; the marina seems barren and deserted since the spill. Usually, I am awakened in the morning by the calls of the gulls, and I [...]
Tags: Environment, San Francisco Bay
Nov
12
2007
The oil-coated animals are beginning to wash up now. Fish and Game is out walking the breakwater, talking about all the supplies they’ll need … for tomorrow… to collect the bodies. I am sitting here thinking of Rachel Carson, who thought that Silent Spring would be brought by pesticides. Here on the Bay, it’s brought [...]
Tags: Environment, San Francisco Bay
Nov
10
2007
Thank you for your support in response to Wednesday’s oil spill. We appreciate the outpouring of offers to help and we’ll keep you updated on opportunities as they arise. It’ll take all of us working together to clean up our precious Bay after this oil spill’s destructive wake.While we are heartened by [...]
Tags: Environment, San Francisco Bay
Nov
08
2007
Here’s a press release from NOAA, about everything that’s going on with the oil spill from their perspective. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071108_oilspill.html And another piece from Reuters, http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKN0822954120071108 And lastly, what you can do to help, from BayKeeper: http://www.baykeeper.org/Â
Tags: Environment, San Francisco Bay
Nov
08
2007
It is a great day to not go sailing. The fog yesterday was really thick. I couldn’t even really see the marina wall, which is saying something, because we’re berthed right next to the thing. And then my pal Jonathan sent me this. If you look on a map, this is really, really close to [...]
Tags: Environment, San Francisco Bay, weather
Nov
07
2007
Yesterday started out pure suckage. Short form, I had a ton of unpleasant, bureaucratic, paperwork-related tasks in my queue. And I am wrestling with a cold. And pregnancy nausea (the fool who called it “morning sickness” should be taken out and shot). And it was just looking like a lousy day all the way around. [...]
Tags: Jason, Maintenance, Talking Story