An admittedly selfish personal tragedy for me here is that the poor air quality from the wildfires is killing my garden. I grow a garden every year, but it had been a high point for me during all this COVID bullshit that being home had allowed me to grow one of my best gardens ever. Especially my tomatoes. And now in 2 days, right at harvest, I'm watching them all die off despite my best efforts to save them.
Uh, come November let's vote in the Democrats. All the Republicans claim global warming is a hoax.Global warming chickens are coming home to roost
My tomatoes are not dead, but they've been dying for weeks now, before the fires. I was thinking of spraying the plants with water yesterday to wipe off the ash but realized that the ash is going to continue, so won't bother until this stops. Water on the plants will encourage mildew, so am hesitant to overdo that.Oh wow. I had no idea it'd be so bad as to prevent photosynthesis. That's crazy to learn.
Oh wow. I had no idea it'd be so bad as to prevent photosynthesis. That's crazy to learn.
OK, I'm going to spray the plants today. I will follow that with a spray of baking soda (2 tablespoons added to a gallon of water and ~1/4 teaspoon of surfactant soap), to fight off mildew.yea, i'm usually at around 100k lux at noon on my light sensors in the greenhouse. just looking at the data, the heavy smoke day was about 20k lux.
@Muse the ash is caustic, if its mixing with a small amount of moisture at night, it could be killing the plants. i have been washing it off. of course, we had to cover all our plants for 2 days due to near freezing temps. i think we saved most of it. we only have about 2 or 3 weeks left in our growing season.
Because it's "An Inconvenient Truth." American's are spoiled to a considerable extent.Raking is fine but why do people use that as an implied excuse to ignore climate change which is the larger problem?
I feel so guilty driving recently, been biking everywhere. Now air quality sucks, so I am sitting home.Uh, come November let's vote in the Democrats. All the Republicans claim global warming is a hoax.
It's depressing when I see the roads filled with cars. Mostly I don't because I'm SIP very strictly.
Definitely, not walking around the lake today. I baked snickerdoodles instead. Whole house smells of cinnamon.I feel so guilty driving recently, been biking everywhere. Now air quality sucks, so I am sitting home.
OK, I'm going to spray the plants today. I will follow that with a spray of baking soda (2 tablespoons added to a gallon of water and ~1/4 teaspoon of surfactant soap), to fight off mildew.
I'm in Portland and we're at 325 for the air quality. And it's supposed to get worse tomorrow.
We are quite literally, the worst air quality of any major city in the world.
Portland Postal Bldg., Oregon, USA Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index
How polluted is the air today? Check out the real-time air pollution map, for more than 100 countries.aqicn.org
I put on my N95 and went out in the yard an hour ago. My car is covered in ash and I need to do some sweeping before it rains Tuesday (it might some), so wanted to put car on street for that (it's in driveway). No parking on our street today, which never happens. Not a single spot. Looks like everybody's staying home. I have used my car twice in last month to take ~20 mile trips to keep it running, that's all. No biking at all. Rollerskate daily with N95 for exercise, but not last 2 days, the smoke/ash just too intense. Gonna do the bike trainer thing in the house today for first time in a couple weeks.I feel so guilty driving recently, been biking everywhere. Now air quality sucks, so I am sitting home.
Raking is fine but why do people use that as an implied excuse to ignore climate change which is the larger problem?
Because it's "An Inconvenient Truth." American's are spoiled to a considerable extent.
Raking is fine but why do people use that as an implied excuse to ignore climate change which is the larger problem?
Reports from our own military say climate change is one worlds biggest threats
Would we expect anything different? Bunch of Democrat dope smokers, who won't rake their forests.
Trump is all about fanning the flames of division. He figures it's his only hope. Get people to think badly of his opposition, any dang way he can. Nothing else on his agenda whatsoever... well, besides eating, playing golf and responding to stimuli. You know, when you're president you get constant stimuli.Another argument for the obliteration of the electoral college.