It has been two days since we reported a vicious 4 dog attach on us to the local "US Warden". Nothing has happened except once I made it known that I had photos of the offending dogs AND a shot of them forcing a women into the Atlantic to escape their jaws that she notified the "Tourist" bureau. Interesting chain of command. They have, of course, not contacted us. Between beach guard dogs at Man-o-War Cay, the security folks at Bakers Bay, the lack of public beach access at Treasure Cay, Little Harbour
and Great Guana Cay I'm beginning to think the Abacos is an area to avoid. When we finally leave this area I think I'll post another update giving the reality vs the Bahamas marketing hype. So far the Bahamas are "not better". The winds have been 20-30 knots from the NE. The situation has been described as "unusual" by local meteorologists ... they keep expecting the winds to lighten as in past years ... what if they don't? One of the consequences of global warming may be that historical weather
patterns fail to materialize ... if the Bahamas becomes a rain,wind and gale driven environment what will become of all the US development capital that has poured into the area. I'm not sure folks will be interested in spending a great deal of time in an area with high winds, cool temperatures rain and frequent hurricanes. I can't say I'm unhappy with the prospect since it very unsettling to see a country selling itself to self interest groups from the US. Money talks here. Bring lots if you plan
to come. Just hear a very interesting IDEAS program on CBC featuring David Suzuki and Stephen Lewis on climate change. I wish more people were interested in their and their kids future on this planet... brian
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Monday, March 5, 2007
March 5. 2007
Even the locals have had enough of the constant cold fronts that seem to hit us every 3 days. This week we have had 2 cold fronts a day apart. In other news, they have found that Lake Superior is warming faster than had been projected ... the research folks are now looking for money to investigate ... the mantle is no longer in place along the Atlantic sea bed mid ocean ... seems there is a piece of earths crust missing around the Canary Islands ... so much for the theory of plate Tectonics. Toronto
has closed the Gardiner Expressway today due to falling ice sheets from the CN Tower. They are waiting for the wind direction to change before they open up the highway. In the Bahamas we heard (on very public VHF radio) a very irate Yank tearing a strip off the Bahamian government officials because they would not grant him an immigration stay extension a month before his current 50 day one expires. His crowning argument was that even though he had stocked up the boat in the US before coming to the
Bahamas he planned to spend a couple of hundred dollars on supplies if he was allowed to stay. One thing has become very clear ... most Yanks don't consider the Bahamas as a country but rather as an extension of Florida. Sad. What is even sadder is that the Bahamian Government is allowing unchecked development funded by US companies to occur that will destroy the natural beauty of their country. The Bakers Bay golf course development, if it is allowed to proceed, will destroy the best reef on the
North end of the Bahamas. There seems to be a move afoot by folks to see the natural wonders of the world before they are gone forever ... only problem is that the influx of tourists is the very thing that is destroying the environment once you consider the support structure that is required to support the increased tourist trade. enough . brian
has closed the Gardiner Expressway today due to falling ice sheets from the CN Tower. They are waiting for the wind direction to change before they open up the highway. In the Bahamas we heard (on very public VHF radio) a very irate Yank tearing a strip off the Bahamian government officials because they would not grant him an immigration stay extension a month before his current 50 day one expires. His crowning argument was that even though he had stocked up the boat in the US before coming to the
Bahamas he planned to spend a couple of hundred dollars on supplies if he was allowed to stay. One thing has become very clear ... most Yanks don't consider the Bahamas as a country but rather as an extension of Florida. Sad. What is even sadder is that the Bahamian Government is allowing unchecked development funded by US companies to occur that will destroy the natural beauty of their country. The Bakers Bay golf course development, if it is allowed to proceed, will destroy the best reef on the
North end of the Bahamas. There seems to be a move afoot by folks to see the natural wonders of the world before they are gone forever ... only problem is that the influx of tourists is the very thing that is destroying the environment once you consider the support structure that is required to support the increased tourist trade. enough . brian
Thursday, March 1, 2007
March 1,2007
So Al Gore made the Hollywood gift list. Interesting ... Wonder if it will have the same effect as it had on Mike Moore. What a way to shut a guy up. Just give him a gold plated statue of a ?. Also in the news ... scientists discover new life species under the south pole ice cap ... thanks to the wonderful folks in the US for melting all that ice that has hiding the beasties. Wonder where they will call home now. Also in the news ... the Greens had reached the same level of public support as the
NDP. About time to refocus priorities. And yes it hailed and blew like stick in the Bahamas as a major series of thunderstorms went through. They had never seen hail in the Bahamas until now. For some reason the US folks here are not able to understand that global warming is becoming a very real issue. They keep blaming Canada and Siberia for the rotten weather. I'm in shorts but I can't get a good nights sleep because of the high winds and being on anchor watch every night. I wonder if it worth
the tradeoff. brian
NDP. About time to refocus priorities. And yes it hailed and blew like stick in the Bahamas as a major series of thunderstorms went through. They had never seen hail in the Bahamas until now. For some reason the US folks here are not able to understand that global warming is becoming a very real issue. They keep blaming Canada and Siberia for the rotten weather. I'm in shorts but I can't get a good nights sleep because of the high winds and being on anchor watch every night. I wonder if it worth
the tradeoff. brian
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