tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post5231578395806635024..comments2024-03-20T12:50:48.895+08:00Comments on The Ignatian Perspective: Wind As Productive EnergyAmadeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-84305374444812592132007-10-26T20:03:00.000+08:002007-10-26T20:03:00.000+08:00Dean:I have always had the sense that you were a g...Dean:<BR/><BR/>I have always had the sense that you were a great outdoors person.<BR/><BR/>In the old Philippine Commentary format you had a picture of yourself with arms victoriously upraised after scaling a mountainous height.<BR/><BR/>Last week while driving through some backroads trying out a new route to my brod-in-law's place, I spotted from a distance another windfarm that I thought would be a good site to visit and explore.<BR/><BR/>So, who knows?Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-35397887697330559492007-10-26T11:06:00.000+08:002007-10-26T11:06:00.000+08:00I started to comment again, but it got long. So, I...I started to comment again, but it got long. So, I just wrote my own post on it. See what you started Amadeo? You're quite the "fire starter" yourself! ...grin...PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-90230833940918243932007-10-26T07:11:00.000+08:002007-10-26T07:11:00.000+08:00I've been through Tehachapi in an old VW van...sca...I've been through Tehachapi in an old VW van...scariest ride I've ever been on while on the ground!Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-72329004911895388852007-10-26T05:55:00.000+08:002007-10-26T05:55:00.000+08:00Indeed, Dave, nature has its own natural (naturall...Indeed, Dave, nature has its own natural (naturally) methods of maintaining eco-balance.<BR/><BR/>Here in the US, the big fire that razed Yellowstone Park, one of the natural monuments here, some years back was precisely a classic case of man trying to outdo nature in its own patient but effective ways.Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-19462840635951772672007-10-25T22:51:00.000+08:002007-10-25T22:51:00.000+08:00indeed, the wind and fire are normal forces of nat...indeed, the wind and fire are normal forces of nature. and fires are actually one way for nature to "prune" its forests (read in a book that successful firefighting actually has slowly affected the forest ecology, oh well). in situations like these, the best thing to do, i guess, is to get out of the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-68672700761312870492007-10-25T10:59:00.000+08:002007-10-25T10:59:00.000+08:00Perhaps needless, but certainly predictable. The p...Perhaps needless, but certainly predictable. The political firestorm is also quite predictable, and pathetic.PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-20828234002452584722007-10-25T10:54:00.000+08:002007-10-25T10:54:00.000+08:00Phil:Such needless losses.A little heated brouhaha...Phil:<BR/><BR/>Such needless losses.<BR/><BR/>A little heated brouhaha erupted when a conservative host implied that some hapless residents of very upscale Malibu (the Hollywood crowd)were haters of America anyway. When the far left volleyed in response, this subdued reply was issued:<BR/><BR/>BTW, while Malibu burned Hillary was noted as having attended a fund-raiser there hosted by Rob Reiner who serenaded her and helped raised tons of money for her campaign.<BR/><BR/>A case of the fire-burned pot calling the kettle black?Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-40779377117055377162007-10-25T10:23:00.000+08:002007-10-25T10:23:00.000+08:00You're right, the winds are not the true culprits ...You're right, the winds are not the true culprits in the southern fires; the real villains are the arsonists who set virtually all of them. Then, there are the stiff-necked conservationists who through court action will not allow the State to clean up the tinder box areas through the use of control fires and other means.PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.com