Monthly Archives: July 2012

Man Made, Foreseen, Preventable “Rosebud”   Inundation of Treatment Plants and Pump Stations/Damage to Drinking Water Treatment Infrastructure Regional Level Action ~ Update 100‐year and 500‐year Floodplain Maps Regardless of the quality of science available to determine the impacts of … Continue reading →

I know nothing about them, but see many in the garden. But as soon as I ran in the house and got the camera, they got scarce! Take a peek: [Update – see, like I said, I know nothing! My … Continue reading →

Poor Risk Management – Not Greedy Trial Lawyers – At Fault  Star Ledger conservative columnist Paul Mulshine weighs in today on the Bull’s Island  clearcut debate, see: You can’t see the forest for the lawyers. While I rarely agree with him … Continue reading →

As I’ve written in the past, I try to stay away from the nationalistic, chauvinistic, militaristic, insanity we call July 4th, but events intrude. I’m not feeling so “independent” on “Independence Day“. As I look back on my prior July … Continue reading →

Extreme Weather  ~~~ Climate Change Once again, NJ is hit by extreme weather and the NJ press corps is AWOL. Whether it was the severe south jersey storms, or the Monmouth County water line collapse, or the record heat wave, … Continue reading →